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Crossing the Iron Curtain
By MARIANNA N TISHCHENKO
As Russian pianist Lev Vlasenko dazzled Harvard students with his smooth piano playing in a dimly lit Adams House Common room, the political tension between the virtuoso’s native USSR and the United States was hardly visible. At the informal concert, the students seemed to forget that their respective countries were at war and simply delighted in each other’s company.
Harvard Begins Battle for MTA Site
By SARAH J. HOWLAND
Harvard was gearing up for another battle with the City of Cambridge. On one side, President Nathan M. Pusey ’28, pushing his Program for Harvard College—an $85 million campaign to up the number of undergraduate Houses from seven to 10—sought to acquire a stretch of prime river-front property owned by the Massachusetts Transit Authority. But from his corner of City Hall, Councillor Alfred “Big Al” E. Vellucci moved to block tax-exempt Harvard’s expansion, hoping instead that private investors would develop the land and augment the city’s coffers.
Students Apathetic About Loyalty Oaths
By ELIAS J GROLL
On October 4, 1957, a lonely rocket climbed skyward, slipped those so-called “surly bonds of earth,” and left the desolate Kazakh plain behind. That rocket carried Sputnik, the first satellite launched into space, and the simple beeping signal it beamed back to Earth reverberated through radio receivers into the most distant halls of power, marking the beginning of the space race and sending U.S. policy makers scrambling to close the gap between the United States and Soviet Russia.
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Dollars for Diplomacy
By THE CRIMSON STAFF
At times the capacity of politicians for reassuring talk and disturbing action reaches astounding proportions.
Parietal Problems
By THE CRIMSON STAFF
Complaints about the House system almost invariably begin, either in jest or seriousness, with the restriction of parietal hours.
First Impressions
By THE CRIMSON STAFF
It would be foolish to try to summarize the feelings that Fidel Castro left behind him on his visit and speech here.
Onward and Upward
By THE CRIMSON STAFF
Since the University has bid for the property where the MTA yards are now located, speculation about the form of the next House-to-be has probably begun.
Misguided Patriotism
By THE CRIMSON STAFF
Refusing to accept Federal funds under a "loyalty oath" provision while mouthing platitudes on academic freedom, the Trustees of Amherst College last week rejected a $1340 grant received under the student loan program of the National Defense Education Act.
Tea Leaves and Taurus
By THE CRIMSON STAFF
All over the country hack writers and local newspaper wits are turning out their predictions for 1959.
Topping Chopping
By THE CRIMSON STAFF
One of the chief virtues about the House dining halls has been the abundance of catsup to cover bare mutton or veal.
Open House
By THE CRIMSON STAFF
Radcliffe has always been a source of chagrin to the Harvard faculty, and the recent tussle over tutors has brought "those things which divide us" into the open once again.
Cutie Canvass
By THE CRIMSON STAFF
With the announcement of the Kampus Kutie Kontest, the Harvard-Radcliffe relationship has at last reached fulfillment.
White Inclemency
By THE CRIMSON STAFF
A small but noxious minority of landlords who list in the University Housing Registry turn down non-whites as roomers.
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