Barr’s sharp novel exposes academic pretensions and moral compromise
W. G. Rogers reviews Simon & Schuster’s Barr satire mostly set in a college world where money, titles, and fake scholarship drive advancement. The tale evades simple labeling with biting wit and stark indictments of professors, administrators, and the consumer culture behind higher education. Barr’s work is entertaining yet pessimistic, a lament on modern academia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pointon
Denby
Schneider
Barr
Schenider
W. G. Rogers
Salute to Irving Berlin Sparks 50-Year Musical Legacy
AP News features writer traces Israel Baline’s firing in 1908 Pelham Cafe to his rise as Irving Berlin. The piece notes his dominance of Broadway and music publishing, and mentions Epic Records 50 year salute Let Me Sing and I’m Happy. Also references Dorati conducted recordings and Verdi operas sung by Tebaldi and Siepi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Mulligan
Mike Salter
Pelham
Israel Baline
New York
Baline
Irving Berlin
American Society of Authors, and Publishers
Berlin
Epic Records
Alcatraz
M. Edleys
Jacques Offenbach
Johann Strauss II
Mercury
Antal Dorati
Minneapolis Symphony
Manuel Rosen- Sonsworth
Dorati
Vienna State Opera
Minneapolis
Amateur photographers urged to help chart the sky
Dr. Donald H. Menzel of the Harvard College Observatory calls on amateur photographers to aid in celestial observation as part of the International Geophysical Year effort. He cites a landmark 35 mm shot of the first man made satellite and stresses proper data, equipment, and collaboration with astronomy groups to advance science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald H. Menzel
Harvard College Observatory
Menzel
Denver
Princeton University
Sacramento Peak
N. M
Climax
Colo
Society of Photographic Scientists and Engineers
Science
Dr. Menzel
Netherlands Issues Semi-Postals Benefit Child Welfare Agencies
Stamps feature portraits by Blommers Tholen Sluyters Maris and Kruseman to aid Dutch child welfare. First day ceremonies mark 50th anniversary of the Missouri School of Journalism at Jesse Hall. Western Germany debuts Famous Men with Rauch. Greece honors Merchant Marine showing Argo and ships. Colombia issues fencing championships stamps. Argentina introduces two stamps for Letter Writing Week with Jose Hernandez.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syd Kronish
Netherlands
B. J. Blommers
Willem B. Tholen
Jan Sluyters
Matthijs Maris
Cornelis Kruseman
University of Missouri School of Journalism
Jesse Hall
University
Eny
Argentina
Jose Hernandez
Wiener Develops Cybernetics Theory of Control
Developed by Dr Norbert Wiener the theory cybernetics defines control and communication in both humans and machines linking living systems with mechanical control processes. It outlines how feedback loops regulate systems and proposes a framework for interactions between people and machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norbert Wiener
The Responsibilities Of Leadership The Coming Caesars
Review by Robert Marks of Amaury de Riencourt’s The Responsibilities Of Leadership The Coming Caesars noting the thesis that Western civilization risks Caesarism as American power grows cultural atrophy in Europe, with culture as driver and civilization as structure The piece weighs contrasts between culture and civilization and cites presidential power and constitutional limits while flagging gaps in the author’s scope
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Mr. de Riencourt
de Riencourt
Greece
Western
Europe
Jefferson
Jackson
Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Wilson
Franklin Roosevelt
Saeed
Congress
Supreme Court
Robert Marks
White House library gift honors five North Carolina writers
The American Booksellers Association presented a 200 volume gift to the White House on Jan 2. From North Carolina authors Burke Davis Jonathan Daniels Carl Sandburg and Elizabeth Nowell the volumes include They Called Him Stonewall Gray Fox Abraham Lincoln and Letters of Thomas Wolfe. The collection comprises works from 1953 to 1956 and is housed in a White House basement library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Library of the
White House
Washington
American Booksellers Association
Stonewall
Gray Fox
Robert E. Lee
Burke Davis
Greensboro
Jonathan Daniels
Raleigh
Abraham Lincoln
Carl Sandburg
Flat Rock
Thomas Wolfe
Elizbeth Nowell
Can Booksellers Association
Rally Round the Flag Boys and Other Book Titles
A catalog-like list features fiction and nonfiction titles with authors including Shulman Costain Rand Shute Linkletter Sekase Kerr and Packard. The collection blends novels and notable works such as Atlas Shrugged and The Hidden Persuaders with humorous child quotes and celebrity chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Love Possessed
Cozzens
Shulman
Costain
Atlas Shrugged
Rand
Shute
Baruch
Linkletter
Sekase
Kerr
Packard
Voter Defaces Ballot With Stop Light Question
In Berwick township a voter printed a ballot titled live and let live amendment asking Shall We Have A Stop Light at Cross Keys. He drew two squares marked yes and no with an oe in the yes square. Officials discarded the ballot as defaced.
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Gettysburg
Berwick Township
Cross Keys
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New York Stamp Co
Johnson
Tar Heels
Roy I. Kemp
Bank Vti
Commerce St
Crosby Square
Florsheim
Telsamen
High Point
Winston-Salem
Jerry Lewis
Famous Brand
Cannon-Fetzer CO
Olds Super Power
Plymouth
Pontiac
Olds
Chevrolet
Buick Century
Bob Abernathy
Roy Padgett
Spencer Jackson
Bob Shoaf
Henry Phillips
Highland Motors, Inc
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