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February 17, 1962 Issue - 43 Articles- Phoenix Nest
Martin Levin
, pp. 6-9 - Trade Winds
John G. Fuller
, pp. 10-13 - Chess Corner
Al Horowitz
, pp. 14-15 - Too Many People in the World?
Harrison Brown and E.K. Fedorov
, pp. 16-19 A Debate
- Modern American Classics
Henry Dan Piper
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Literary Horizons (Review) Granville Hicks
, p. 21 Theseus Speaking, Man to Man
- The Bull from the Sea by Mary Renault
- About the Author: Mary Renault
Ruth Brown
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Reflections in an Elegiac Mood (Review) Riley Hughes
, p. 22 Cain, Where Is Your Brother?, by Francois Mauriac
- Cain, Where Is Your Brother? by Francois Mauriac
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Absurdities of an Addled Society (Review) Walt McCaslin
, p. 23 Utopian Essays and Practical Proposals, by Paul Goodman
- Utopian Essays and Practical Proposals by Paul Goodman
- Literary Crypt, p. 24
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Destiny Under Control (Review) Richard F. Humphreys
, p. 24 The Humanist Frame, by Julian Huxley
- The Humanist Frame by Julian Huxley
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Down With Doubletalk (Review) Sydney J. Harris
, p. 25 More Sacred Cows, by Anthony Standen
- More Sacred Cows by Anthony Standen
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Babel in Four Climes (4 Reviews) Margaret Parton
, pp. 25-26 Moscow Interlude, by Charles W. Thayer
- Moscow Interlude by Charles W. Thayer
- Minister of State by Maurice Edelman
- Morning in Antibes by John Knowles
- Scorn by Robin Francis
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Twisted and Tortured Souls (Review) Iola Haverstick
, p. 27 The Quarry, by Friedrich Duerrenmatt
- The Quarry by Friedrich Duerrenmatt
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The Matrix of a Pro (Review) Warren Bower
, p. 27 Pen to Paper, by Pamela Frankau
- Pen to Paper by Pamela Frankau
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Neighborly in a Kipling Country (Review) David Garnett
, p. 28 Growing, by Leonard Woolf
- Growing by Leonard Woolf
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Beacon Hill's Irate Abolitionist (Review) Earl Schenck Miers
, p. 29 Wendell Phillips: Brahmin Radical, by Irving H. Bartlett
- Wendell Phillips: Brahmin Radical by Irving H. Bartlett
- Literary I.Q., p. 30
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Toujours Gai (Review) Richard L. Tobin
, p. 30 O Rare Don Marquis, by Edward Anthony
- O Rare Don Marquis by Edward Anthony
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In a Topsy-Turvy World, Lunacy Is Truth (3 Reviews) W.G. Rogers
, p. 31 The Avant-garde Hacks the Hackneyed Into Bizarre New Prisms
- Degrees by Michel Butor
- Samuel Beckett by Hugh Kenner
- The Theatre of the Absurd by Martin Esslin
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Books for Young People (11 Reviews) Alice Dalgliesh
, pp. 32-33 Breaking Ice at SR
- Davy Goes Places by Lois Lenski
- April Adventure by Jeanna Oterdahl
- James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
- Kirsti Comes Home by Aili Konttinen
- A Journey to England by Edith Unnerstad
- No Hurdle Too High by Anna Belle Loken
- Mokokambo: the Lost Land by Rene Guillot
- This Crowded Planet by Margaret O. Hyde
- Great Men of Medicine by Ruth Fox Hume
- Nikola Tesla: Giant of Electricity by Helen B. Walters
- Indian Ocean Adventure by Arthur C. Clarke
- The Cosmos Is Still Friendly, p. 34
An Editorial
- Letters to the Editor, p. 35
- Music to My Ears
Irving Kolodin
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Movies: The Novice's Story (Review) Hollis Alpert
, p. 37 Viridiana (1961 Film), by Luis Bunuel
- Viridiana (1961 Film) by Luis Bunuel
- Broadway Postscript
Henry Hewes
, p. 38 - TV and Radio
Robert Lewis Shayon
, p. 39 - Booked for Travel
Horace Sutton
, pp. 40-49 - Ici On Parle Pugo
Patricia K. Brooks
, pp. 50-52 Education in America
- Slow Learners, p. 53
- Letters to the Editor, pp. 54-55
- Is Progressive Education Obsolete?
William Van Til
, pp. 56-57 - The Care and Feeding of Superintendents
Harold Howe II
, pp. 58-59 - Movers and Shapers of Education, pp. 60-61
- This Is College, pp. 62-65
- Report Card
John Scanlon
, pp. 66-67 - While School Keeps
James Cass
, pp. 68-70 -
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Editor's Bookshelf (3 Reviews) , p. 71 Profession of English, by G.B. Harrison
- Profession of English by G.B. Harrison
- A View from Within by Paul P. Mok
- A University President Speaks Out by Carroll Newsom
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All About Higher Education (Review) , p. 72 The American College, by Nevitt Sanford
- The American College by Nevitt Sanford
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Portrait of a College for Negro Women (Review) Susan Zapf
, pp. 73-74 The Story of Spelman College, by Florence M. Read
- The Story of Spelman College by Florence M. Read
- Go to College and See the World
James F. Fixx
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New Books (6 Reviews) , pp. 81-89 Thomas Jefferson and the Development of American Public Education, by James Bryant Conant
- Thomas Jefferson and the Development of American Public Education by James Bryant Conant
- The Role of the Federal Government in Financing Higher Education by Alice M. Rivlin
- Perceiving, Behaving, Becoming by Arthur W. Combs
- The Big Red Schoolhouse by Fred M. Hechinger
- Organizing New York State for Educational Change by Henry M. Brickell
- The Planning of Change by Warren G. Bennis, Kenneth D. Benne, and Robert Chin, ...
- Kingsley Double-Crostic No. 1455, pp. 90-92