Author Teacher Pack Views Poets And Shaggy Elephants
Mr. Robert Pack Barnard English instructor discusses poetry as dramatizing human presence. He outlines teaching methods at Barnard and outlines forthcoming works including a children’s illustrated poem Then What Did You Do and a Mozart librettos translation with Marjorie Lelash. He and colleagues also work on a study of three Shakespearean hero types.
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Robert Pack
Mr. Pack
Pack
Donald Hall
University of Michigan
Louis Simpson
Columbia
England
America
Professor Simpson
Mozart
Marjorie Lelash
Barnard
Danforth Lectures Broadcast on WRVR from Barnard College
The Barnard College Danforth Lectures series funded by the Danforth Foundation will air on Riverside Church’s WRVR this month. Guests include Arthur Cohen on Jewish heritage, Walter Ong on Roman Catholic heritage, Wilhelm Pauck on Protestant heritage, Harry W. Jones on church state constitutional issues, Will Herberg on theological aspects, Robert Lachmann on religion and education, Reinhold Niebuhr on religion and politics and the nation’s religious tradition.
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WRVR
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Danforth Foundation
Barnard
Arthur Cohen
Walter J. Ong
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Wilhelm Pauck
Harry W. Jones
Will Herberg
Robert Lakacheman
Reinhold Niebuhr
Sarah Lawrence President Attacks High School History Methods
Sarah Lawrence College president Paul L. Ward urged more life and humanity in secondary history and social studies. He criticized separations between college and high school work and warned against overemphasizing facts at the expense of understanding and meaning. He called for teaching that presents debatable issues and meaningful context over rote memorization.
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Sarah Lawrence
Paul L. Ward
Sarah Lawrence College
Education
Ward
Students back HUAC opposition across campuses
The Kolbes and student committee plan to organize support for the House Un-American Activities Committee at hearings, countering riots that accompanied HUAC in San Francisco last May. The group already has student reps on thirty colleges including Harvard Yale Antioch Holy Cross Chicago and Stanford.
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United States Senate
Students’ Committee
HUAC
San Francisco
Harvard
Yale
Antioch
Holy Cross
Chicago
Stanford
Journalism expands Advanced International Reporting program
President Grayson Kirk announces a new one year Advanced International Reporting fellowship at the School of Journalism. Fellows study at the School of International Affairs and four area Institutes focusing on history culture economics and politics with language emphasis. Grants cover travel living costs up to 4470 and tuition. Six fellows welcomed in September supported by part of a 5.5 million Ford Foundation grant. Flexible entrance with college degree strong academics and professional news experience.
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Grayson Kirk
School of Journalism
School of International Affairs
Columbia
Ford Foundation
Cry The Beloved Country screening in Wollman Auditorium
The film adaptation of Alan Patons novel Cry the Beloved Country screens tomorrow in Wollman Auditorium Ferris Booth Hall at 4 30 and 8 30 pm. Admission is 45 cents. The drama stars Canada Lee Charles Carson and Sidney Poitier portraying a village priest drawn to the city amid hardship and tragedy.
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Alan Paton
Wollman
Ferris Booth Hall
Canada Lee
Charles Carson
Sidney Poitier
Legislator Backs Ban on Communist Speakers at Wayne State
Sen. Elmer Porters urged reinstating the speaker ban at Wayne State University during a Lansing session. He warned Wayne State may lose funding beyond last year’s appropriations if the policies stay unchanged. He said he would target one school at a time and would not change his view unless proven wrong.
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Lansing
Michigan
UPS
Elmer
Town Arts Roundup Reflects Dance, Opera and Modern Art
About Town notes a 20 week tour with Giselle at the season's start and a January 14 Schoenberg work with Paul Taylor at Hunter Playhouse. It highlights Bangkok Thai Buddhist art at the Metropolitan Museum unveiling a 1,000 year old Buddha January 11, plus modern acquisitions at MoMA and weekly gallery talks on Picasso, Guernica, and Matisse.
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Arnold Schoenberg
Paul Taylor
Hunter Playhouse
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Thailand
Museum of Modern Art
Cezanne
Degas
Seurat
Toulouse- Latree
Picasso
Sichert
Guernica
Matisse
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