Book Reviews Author Sees Funerals As Bacchanalian Rites
The American Way of Death by Jessica Mitford is reviewed as a sharp critique of U S funeral practices. The piece praises Mitford for exposing high costs and moral questions, notes her open casket critique, and outlines affordable alternatives such as simple caskets, cremation, or donation to medical science. It highlights quotes from trade publications and mentions Lions Clubs eye banks as charities tied to end of life arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessica Mitford
Simon and Schuster
Miss Mitford
United States
England
Lions Clubs of America
New York
Baldwin Pleads Case For Negro In His Fiction
L. T. Brown reviews James Baldwin's Another Country from Dell, 366 pages, 0.75. The novel centers on Rufus Scott and a group of intertwined characters, using a dark, grim, and acrid tone to probe racial injustice and loneliness.
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Baldwin
L. T. Brown
James Baldwin
Dell Publishing
Rufus Scott
Rufus
Vivaldo
Leona
Eric
Cass
Richard
Ida
English Professor Noted As Author Editor Poet
Dr Edward Lueders head of Hanover English department is an author and editor with works in the library He co edited Through Okinawan Eyes during graduate study in Mexico and led an Okinawan student orientation after World War II His published books include Carl Van Vechten and the Twenties and The College and Adult Reading List of Books in Literature and Fine Arts He plans a 1964 anthology of modern verse and a Twayne volume on Van Vechten He has appeared in New Republic College English and American Quarterly and helped Okinawan students learn about American life
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover
Edward Lueders
Hanover Library
University of Mexico
Jane Kluckhohn
Lueders
United States
Dr. Lueders
Carl van Vechten
Nigger Heaven
Peter Wiffle
van Vechten
Hanover Book of the Month Program Set by IRC IFC
Inter-Residence Council and Inter-Fraternity Council co sponsor a Hanover Book of the Month program to spark outside reading and discussion. Four titles will be discussed across winter and spring terms with seminars on Lord of the Flies on January 30 and February 4 in the Classic smoking lounge at 7 30 p m. Copies are sold at the College Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inter-Residence Council
Inter-Fraternity Council
Hanover
Brazil Institute
IRC
IFC
William Golding
LORD
Young Republicans debate Medicare pros and cons program
The Young Republican Club aired a program on Medicare opposing the King-Anderson bill. A film, The Gift of Health, linked to concerns of rising costs and federal control, followed by remarks from Robert Amick of the Indiana State Medical Association and Dr. Robert Zink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Republican Club
Republican Party
Congress
King Anderson
King- Anderson
Dave Railsback
Young Republicans
Robert Amick
Indiana State Medical Association
Robert Zink
Madison
Amick
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Zink
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By Ron Hammerle
America
Barnum and Bailey
Mitford
Marilyn Herr
Okinawa
Washington, D. C
Lincoln Memorial
Lon Barash
Cincinnati
Florist
The
House of Flowers
Young Gop
Medicare
By Marylee Brown
Finnegan’s Store
Hanover, Indiana
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