Writer
Stephen C. Clapp
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Woman Satirist
Someone has remarked that the most dangerous man in America today is the man who goes to cocktail parties to
Poetry and Experience
Harrison Coombs was not doing at all well in English C. It wasn't the grade, he reminded himself--they usually gives
Domestic Quarrel
Like love triangles throughout history, Russia's recent flirtation with the West has resulted in jealousy and political temper-tantrums on the
Biographer and Critic
In his modest way (his manner rather suggests a family doctor), Leon Edel has "put to press" more than twenty
Dollars for Doctors
One exception to Parkinson's Law that everything which is tends to persist and everything that does tends to expand and
Golden Demon
Perhaps the only mistake which the makers of Golden Demon made was in the title, which suggests violence and Oriental
Our Town
"It might be argued," wrote Donald Malcolm, reviewing the Circle in the Square production, that Our Town is not a
Era of Good Feeling
Military danger sometimes makes strange bedfellows, and for a while it looked as if Pakistan and India might patch up
The Changing Character of Harvard College: Applicants Face Stiffer Costs, Competition
It is a cliche that it's harder to get into Harvard than to stay in--a fact which is reflected in
Compulsion
You never see the kidnap and killing of "little Pauly Koestler" in Compulsion, but this only adds to the moral
East of Eden
"East of Eden" is a fine movie with which to begin the post-vacation term. Presumably the viewer has been softened-up
Bullets and Brains
Despite the haste and absence of controversy surrounding Congress' recent four-year extension of the draft, critics of the bill have
'The Guy Who Taught Us Math...'
You hear all kinds of things about Tom Lehrer. In prep school, where everybody who has a brother at Harvard
Closed Door Policy
As if admissions policy makers in northern colleges did not have enough problems, the shut-down of high schools in Charlottsville,
Athletes For All
After the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Council turned down his proposal to legalize a year at prep school for prospective service