How does one illuminate a political situation ? Without making any claims that this is a rigid a priori formula it would seem that there has to be first, a dramatically interesting story that occurs at a human level, a story resonant with analogies so complex and yet, at moments, instantly and strikingly identifiable, that […]
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The Who
Driving down to Rhode Island to hear the Who in concert, we mused about an accurate way of rating rock groups in terms of the distance one would travel to see them in action. Thus, Dylan is worth a trip to anywhere on the East Coast, the Stones are good for 300 miles, Jeff Beck […]
Waltz of The Toreadors
There are plays and plays. Some should not be adapted or altered for performance on stage, but equally, there are other plays that positively need to be clamped down to a specific interpretation. Anouilh’s “Waltz of the Toreadors” is one of the latter kind and suffers when a director is not willing to take liberties […]
The Digger Papers
The magazine, The Realist, made its name ten years ago (didn’t know it was going that long did you?) as a scurrilous irreverent underground rag. In its latest issue though, Paul Krassner, the organization’s guiding light, has turned to the more elevated purpose of spreading the hippies good word. The diggers, that nimble group of […]
The Jeff Beck Group
THE STAGE at the Boston Tea A local group called Quill has just finished its good-to-dreary slot with a bang-up African number. The Jeff Beck Group now quickly marches in, Mick Waller at the drums, Jeff Beck prophetically brandishing his guitar. The singer Rod Stewart in burnt sienna flush velours pants that fit tight, an […]
College Ups Tuition From $2000 to $2400
Tuition at Harvard College will be increased by the unprecedented sum of $400. Tuition at present 〉 is $2000 having been raised only last year from $1760. The Corporation has not voted on the increase yet, but it is expected to approve it in which case the new tuition of $2400 will be charged this […]
Earth Opera
The Arlington Street Church is one of the more remarkable youth hangouts. It has been the scene of anti-draft activity and recently, one resister tried to escape from Federal Marshals by claiming sanctuary at the Church’s altar. This Church has become the arena for the first accommodation by an established institution to the political and […]
Looking Backward on 1967-68
The Student-Faculty Advisory Committee is a unique Harvard institution. It is a joint body which meets regularly and whose student members, at least, have been elected by their fellow students. This year’s Faculty representatives, on the other hand, were directly appointed by President Pusey- -but the membership seemed to reflect the entire range of Faculty […]
Presidential Sack?
THERE is no institution so perfect that it cannot be subjected to calm criticism. The office of the Presidency of the United States, despite its hallowed aura, is in need of such scrutiny because it has become too intensely concentrated a center of power. Worse, the Presidency has come to be viewed by the public […]
A Proposal For Educational Reform: Reading Period First, Lectures After
THE lecture system at Harvard gives Professors a chance to develop their ideas on some chosen topic at length and regularly over a period of time. It is far superior to the British, system, say, in which lectures are sporadic events to be made use of or not as the mood strikes one. Nevertheless, the […]
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