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"Welcome again to Ivy. Ivy College, that is, in the town of Ivy, U.S.A."
And so opens each episode of "The Halls of Ivy" by the announcer Ken Carpenter. Don Quinn, main writer
of "Fibber McGee and Molly", created a program revolving around the president of an Ivy-class college, his
ex-actress wife, and various members of the faculty and student body. It's a very literate and funny look into
the life of academia.
Perfectly cast as the president of Ivy College, Dr. William Todhunter Hall, is Ronald Colman. Colman was
never interested in a weekly series until Quinn approached him with this idea. Dr. Hall's door is always open to
faculty and student alike, always ready to solve any difficulty that comes his way, from getting wealthy alumni
donations to 'calling in sick' and enjoying the day.
In the role of Mrs. Hall, 'the former Victoria Cromwell of the London musical comedy stage', is Colman's own
wife, Benita Hume. Vicky is the shining light of Ivy, beautiful, intelligent, and ever-ready to lend a hand.
With a wonderful cast of supporting characters that include Willard Waterman, Herb Butterfield, Paula
Winslow, Jerry Hausner, Herb Vigran, to name a few, "The Halls of Ivy" is still just as fresh today as it was
during its 2 year run (Jan 6, 1950 to June 25, 1952).
"Halls of Ivy" is another show that seems to have no official titles. So this log lists all the titles I've found for
each individual episode. For the 'actual' title, I've elected to follow the log found at
Jerry Haendiges list of
logs. Dates in RED will indicate updates and new shows
This log contains the following parts:
- Show Opening -- Format of each entry shows the episode date and title in bold, and sponsor. Alternate
titles are listed below the bold title. The announcer's introduction follows.
- Title and Date Lists -- Two lists of all the show titles and their dates, in date and title order.
- Shows by First Line -- An alphabetical list of the first line of each episode
- Introductions and Credits -- Intro formats and credits taken directly from the episodes in my personal collection.
- Radio Guide Listings -- Details found in the radio listings of The Detroit News.
| 06/22/49 |
Dr. Hall's Reappointment
| audition show |
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It is co-educational and non-sectarian, and its age is indicated by the fact that, until recently,
the curriculum required two years of Greek. Ivy is All American. Its
student body is a pretty fair cross section of our country's youthful
seekers of knowledge, with a small smattering of time-wasters, those
fun-loving rovers who infest every college campus. Dr. William Hall, PhD,
LLD, and MA, is president of Ivy. At least until the end of the month. His
reappointment will shortly be under discussion by the Board of Regents, now
meeting in the board room in the East Wing of the library.
Dr Hall - Gale Gordon
Vicki - Edna Best
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| 06/23/49 |
Dr. Hall's Reappointment
| audition show 2 |
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For prospective sponsors
Starts with a man talking to Don Quinn about colleges for his son...
Dr Hall - Gale Gordon
Vicki - Edna Best
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| 01/06/50 |
Reappointment of Dr. Hall
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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It is co-educational and non-sectarian, and its age is indicated by the fact that, until recently,
the curriculum required two years of Greek. Ivy is All American. Its
student body is a pretty fair cross section of our country's youthful
seekers of knowledge. Dr. William Todhunter Hall, PhD, LLD, and MA, is
president of Ivy. At least until the end of the month. His reappointment is
under discussion now by the Board of Governors, now meeting in the East
Wing of the library.
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| 01/13/50 |
Student Editorial
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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We suppose most people regard a college president, when they happen to think of him at all, as a
man concerned only with scholarly matters, such as a fat endowment or a new
football stadium. This is a profound misconception. In most respects,
college presidents have the same interests as we do. At this moment for
example, Dr. William Todhunter Hall, the president of Ivy, sits book in
hand, seeking the answer to the question millions of thoughtful Americans
are asking themselves tonight, "Who dun it?" Mrs. Hall is going over the
household accounts...
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| 01/20/50 |
Gangster's Son
alt: Mike Mellot
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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Dr. William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy College, has all the troubles common to college
presidents. They consist mostly of fiscal matters, financial affairs, and
money. As he's often been heard to say, a man in his position must be one
part babysitter, one part mediator, and 98 parts panhandler. But Dr. Hall
has at least one advantage over his scholastic opposite number. He has a
wife named Victoria, formerly a glimmering ornament of the English musical
comedy theater, and now the epitome of what a tired man should come home
to...
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| 01/27/50 |
Charter Day Ceremonies
alt: Wellman's Nose
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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Dr. Hall, Dr. William Todhunter Hall, the president of Ivy, has problems, shared by Mrs. Hall, the
former Victoria Cromwell of the London stage. Problems not entirely
curricular. Their immediate worry concerns the sudden, and so far
undiagnosed illness of a last night's dinner guest Mr. Clarence Wellman,
who's now recovering, everyone hopes, from an outrageously swollen nose in
the extra bedroom...
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| 02/03/50 |
Dr. Bromley, Shakespeare Expert
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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The last class the day has been dismissed and both students and faculty are relaxing. In the home
of Dr. William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy, and his wife, formerly a
shining light of the London stage. Dr Hall is lying on the couch and Mrs.
Hall is sitting on the floor beside him going over the afternoon mail which
arrived a few minutes ago...
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| 02/10/50 |
Snowman
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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Five people didn't go to bed at all last night here at Ivy. Grogan, the campus policeman who was
making his rounds. Two sophomores and a freshman who were investigating
certain mathematical phenomena, such as the odds of drawing to an inside
straight. And Dr. William Todhunter Hall, the president of Ivy who's been
working at his desk in the study of his home since shortly after dinner
yesterday. The chapel bell is striking eight as his wife, former Victoria
Cromwell of the London stage, enters and says...
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| 02/17/50 |
Chinese Student
alt: Prejudice
alt: Substitute for Reverend Gilby
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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Dr. William Todhunter Hall, like any other college president or almost any kind of executive has to
make certain concessions to his superior officers. For instance, he must on
occasion have lunch with some of the members of the Board of Governors,
when he would far prefer to spend that hour and a half playing a game of
chess with his wife Victoria, who was, until her marriage, the toast of
English musical comedy stage. With chess at the Hall's it doesn't matter
much who wins, but a college president must not let himself be checkmated
too many times by his Board of Governors. Even at a luncheon at the Faculty
Club like this one...
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| 02/24/50 |
Student Thief
alt: Vindication for Eddie Grey
alt: Is Eddie Grey a Thief?
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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Mention of the sermon from last week
Dr. William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy, has been working in his study all morning,
but he leaves it now to join his wife, the former Victoria Cromwell of the
English musical comedy stage. As he enters the livingroom, Mrs. Hall
says...
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| 03/03/50 |
Merton Savada's Crush
alt: Merton Savada's In Love
alt: 15 Year Old in Live with Vicki
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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Spring came to Ivy a few days ago, and in spring, as we all know, a young man's fancy lightly turns
to thoughts of love, just as it does in summer, and autumn, and in winter.
Sometimes it doesn't turn lightly at all but with a resounding crash, and
as in many crashes, it's the innocent bystanders who are most shaken up. No
bystanders are more innocent this evening than DWTD, Ivy's president, and
his wife, the former Victoria Cromwell of the English stage. It's shortly
after dinner and Dr. Hall is in his study. Mrs. Hall enters and says...
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| 03/10/50 |
Victoria's New Review
alt: Lead in New York Play
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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It's a little past noon, and so far it's been an ordinary day. At the home of Ivy's president, Dr.
William Todhunter Hall, and his wife, the former Victoria Cromwell of the
English theater, Dr. Hall is just entering the living room where he meets
Penny, their maidservant, and says...
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| 03/17/50 |
Dirty Politics
alt: Town Politics
alt: Mr. Granger vs. Dr. Hall
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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Today is the windiest day of the windiest month of the year here at Ivy. It's also the day chosen
by the members of Ivy's Board of Governors for their quarterly meeting.
Let those that will make the most of this coincidence. Ivy's president,
Dr. William Todhunter Hall is out walking this afternoon with his wife,
the former Victoria Cromwell of the English musical-comedy stage. As they
round the corner of the library, Mrs. Hall says...
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| 03/24/50 |
Professor Gerhardt's Secret
alt: Is Professor Gerhardt Cheating?
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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Plea for National Society for Crippled Children and Adults/Easter Seals
The President of Ivy College has a residence on the campus that is known to the student body
naturally enough as the Power House. And here are the powers themselves,
Dr. William Todhunter Hall ans his wife Victoria, a former glittering
ornament of the English musical comedy stage. They are playing chess, a
game which can be played for either sheer intellectual diversion, or 10
cents a game...
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| 03/31/50 |
Ivy Chamber Music and Knockwurst Society
alt: Music and Knockwurst Society
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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Music, as we all know, has always played a large part in college life, and most college presidents
enjoy it in all its forms, from the students Wiffenpoof Song, thru
Beethoven's Ninth, right up to that most musical of all sounds, the rustle
of a big fat endowment check. Dr. William Todhunter Hall, the president of
Ivy, bows to no one when it comes to music appreciation. In fact, he's even
an accomplished performer. Something his wife, the former Victoria Cromwell
of the English stage, never knew until this evening. At the moment, both
are seated on the porch of their home and Mrs. Hall says...
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| 04/07/50 |
Toddy Plays Hooky
alt: Professor Hall Plays Sick
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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A college president, as some of us may not know, leads a life of quiet desperation. You see, the
more money the school needs, the harder he works. The harder he works, the
more the school grows. The more it grows, the more it needs. And the more
it needs, the harder he works. It doesn't require an IQ of 130+ to realize
that from time to time something's got to give. Something is about to give
this morning for Dr. William Todhunter Hall, the president of Ivy. Entering
the living room, he confronts Mrs. Hall, the former Victoria Cromwell of
the English musical comedy stage, and says...
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| 04/14/50 |
Mrs. Foster's Lost Dog
alt: Lost Dog
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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You know many people think of a college president who spends most of his time worrying about his
school's financial situation. Now, this is a profound misconception. A
college president does not worry about money most of the time. He worries
about it all the time. And Dr. William Todhunter Hall, the president of
Ivy is no exception. At the moment he and Mrs. Hall, the former Victoria
Cromwell of the English stage are in a taxi on the way to a dinner party in
which Dr. Hall is to be the guest of honor. Mrs. Millicent Foster, their
hostess is very wealthy, and an endowment is in sight...
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| 04/21/50 |
Traffic and Cocoanuts
alt: To Drugstore for Thermometer
alt: Recording of Victoria Singing
alt: Mrs. Halls Traffic Tickets
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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It's early in the evening with the spring dusk settling over the campus and the vespers stillness
spinning its quiet web over the great oaks and maples of Faculty Row. At
the home of Dr. William Todhunter Hall, Ivy's president and his English
ex-actress wife Victoria, there's a sudden noise which shatters the calm...
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| 04/28/50 |
Scofield Prize
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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As most of us know, teachers are intensely concerned with books. Many of them write books, too. Dr.
William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy, is one of these. He finished
writing a book early this spring and with mounting anxiety has been
waiting to learn of it's acceptance or rejection by his publisher. At the
moment, Dr. Hall and his wife, the former Victoria Cromwell of the English
stage are in the livingroom of their home. It's shortly past noon. Dr. Hall
says...
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| 05/05/50 |
Student Actress
alt: Mrs. Hall's Letter
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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It's that period of watchful waiting which happens every spring between Easter vacation and final
exams. Dr. William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy, spends his days now in
careful consideration of possible results of year-end fatigue. His wife,
the former Victoria Cromwell of the London stage is listening now as he
says...
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| 05/10/50 |
Mrs. Whitney's Statue
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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It's an old American custom that when an individual achieves pre-eminence in any particular field
prescribes to him the wisdom and clairvoyance embracing the entire field of
human activity. Thus the millionaire bobby pin manufacturer becomes an
authority on Soviet Expansion in the near east. And a ranking first baseman
is automatically raised to the top level of experts on agrarian economy.
But the perennial target for opinion seekers is a college president. Come
to know they in the editorial room and he's the publishers personal pigeon.
So, at the home of Dr. William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy College,
and his wife, the former Victoria Cromwell of the London stage, we find a
reporter from the Ivy News, a Mr. Crane, whose 34th question is...
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| 05/17/50 |
Dr. Abel
alt: 60 Year Old Goes to College
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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The campus has taken on an air of serenity and peace. There are no whistling students nor singing
co-eds on the streets. All is quiet because final exams are on and the
college year is almost over. Dr. William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy,
watches his wife, the former Victoria Cromwell of the English theater, as
she sits on the floor of their home covered with travel folders...
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| 05/24/50 |
Fighting Med Student
alt: Boxing vs. Medicine
alt: Boxing Promoter
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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When a college student with a flair for literature or economics graduates into a high salaried
position which utilizes his natural talents, he's honored and acclaimed.
But when a college athlete, endowed with swift coordination and physical
stamina graduates into professional sports for a large annual stipend, it
is somehow considered degrading. Dr. William Todhunter Hall, president of
Ivy College, is discussing this very subject with his wife Victoria,
formerly of the London theater...
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| 05/31/50 |
Sexton Award, the
alt: $250,000 donation
alt: Babysitting
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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This is a most important night for Ivy and few realize it more than its president Dr. William
Todhunter Hall. In twenty minutes, Dr. Hall and his wife, the former
Victoria Cromwell of the London stage, will leave for a meeting where he
is to formally accept the George A Sexton award. Now at the Hall home on
Faculty Row...
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| 06/07/50 |
D-Day
alt: Philip Weatherby A Farmer?
alt: Philip Weatherby's Dad
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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It's an exceptionally warm, lazy, hazy, Saturday morning and most of the college staff members
who live on Faculty Row are using the sun and their free time to excellent
advantage. Professor Quincannon is trimming a hedge. Professor Warren is
transplanting some flowering quince. Professor Heascliff is weeding his
lawn. And Dr. William Todhunter Hall, Ivy's president, is upstairs in his
bedroom, asleep. Now his English ex-actress wife Victoria cautiously enters
the room...
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| 06/14/50 |
Stolen First Edition
alt: Vicky Buys a Stolen Book
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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It's quiet today, a day of contentment, if not fulfillment. Even the flies muffle their buzz in
respect to the general repose. But judge not according to the appearance.
In a dormitory, two students cramming for a final examination in calculus
are engaged in a hot contest of Canasta. A professor of philosophy has just
scalded his throat with a boiling cup of tea. And in the tranquil home of
Ivy's President, Dr. William Todhunter Hall, his wife Victoria, erstwhile
leading actress of the London stage, is pacing the floor as though waiting
for a first night curtain...
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| 06/21/50 |
Bentheimers and the Census
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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As it must to all men in these United States, the census taker has finally gotten around to that
institution of learning presided over by Dr. William Todhunter Hall. At the
moment, Dr. Hall and his wife, the former Victoria Cromwell of the London
stage, are being interviewed by an efficient young lady with a red, white,
and blue portfolio...
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| 06/28/50 |
Faculty Raffle
alt: Professor Warren is Going Blind
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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It's graduation week at Ivy, and like every small college, it has its own traditions and customs
which will be carried out by both students and faculty. With some, it's a
time of gaiety and excitement. For others a time of tears and sadness. For
Ivy's President, Dr. William Todhunter Hall, it's a time of speech writing,
conferences, and the disposing of countless detailed matters. But as he
tells his English ex-actress wife Victoria...
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| 07/05/50 |
Poetry Reading
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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It's Saturday afternoon, and the Ivy campus has the deserted air of a United States destroyer when
the crew is away on shore leave. But there too still on deck is Commodore
William Todhunter Hall, otherwise known as the president of Ivy, and his
good mate the former Victoria Cromwell of the English theater. There's
reason for the Halls to be aboard, but to Dr. Hall, the reason is far from
good...
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| 07/12/50 |
Education of Annie Belle
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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This is the "last show of the semester"
Night has descended upon the Ivy Campus. The athletes have surreptitiously stubbed out their last
cigarettes of the day. The weary professors have settled down with their
Restoration novels -- or gone to Western movies. The Kappas, and the
Deeks, and the Sigs and the Phi Dels have gone to their Greek slumbers. And
at the Power House, the home of Dr. William Todhunter Hall, the president
of Ivy, and his wife Victoria, formerly of the English stage, the Sandman
is getting a trifle impatient as the doctor says...
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| 09/27/50 |
Leslie Hoff Painting
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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When a student manages to distinguish himself in any field, usually one of the first persons
contacted for a statement is the president of his college. That's because
under normal conditions this learned head is supposed to know all about the
activities and achievments of his thousands of charges, past and present.
So, at the home of Dr. William Todhunter Hall, who is the president of
Ivy, and his wife Victoria, the former English actress, we find a reporter
from the Ivy News, a Mr. Crane, whose first remark is...
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| 10/04/50 |
New English Teacher
alt: Best Looking Instructor
alt: English Instructor
alt: Victoria's College Course In Literature
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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Autumn days, filled with the excitement of the coming first snow, and football, and there's a zing
in the air. But to Dr. William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy, and his
ex-actress wife Victoria, autumn means new students, a lot of new
professors, and receptions ad nauseum. As the lovely Mrs. Hall so well
says...
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| 10/11/50 |
Phone Problems
alt: Moving Furniture
alt: House is Falling Apart, the
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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The inimitable Dr. Johnson once observed that "there must be a time in which every man trifles, And
the only choice that nature offers us to trifle in company or alone." Dr.
William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy, has made his choice. He prefers
to share his trifling, as well as all other things, with his wife, the
former Victoria Cromwell of the London stage. Now Josia Todhunter, Dr.
Hall's maternal grandfather was no trifle in his time, and neither is the
moving of his portrait...
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| 10/18/50 |
Scandal of Professor Huntley
alt: Scandal of Professor Rosseau
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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To judge by the heap of unfinished business on the desk of Dr. William Toddhunter Hall, president
of Ivy, college is a going concern. Mrs. Hall, the former Miss Victorial
Cromwell of the London stage tactfully interrupts him at his desk which is
buried under an enormous pile of miscellaneous papers...
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| 11/22/50 |
Jack Benny Visits Ivy
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For the past few days, Dr. William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy College, has been almost
completely unaware of the undercover campus activities of his wife
Victoria, former star of the English stage. In fact he betrays his
unawareness by asking at the breakfast table...
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| 11/29/50 |
Honor Student
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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For all the headaches of being the president of a college, Dr. William Toddhunter Hall has achieved
a full measure of contentment and peace. And now witness this peace and
contentment this evening: Dr. Hall entranced by the fingers of flame in his
fireplace, Mrs. Hall profoundly absorbed in a book. There indeed is a
portrait of tranquil, fruitful domesticity.
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| 01/03/51 |
Professor Barrette's Play
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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A vast silence has recently descended upon the campus, and midterm examinations will soon begin,
and like most college presidents, Dr. William Todhunter Hall enjoys this
terminal lull. It gives him the chance to lock himself in his study and
polish off the accumulated unfinished business. And that's what he's doing
at the moment. His wife, the former Victoria Cromwell of the London stage
has just answered the front doorbell, here in the livingroom with a visitor
and says...
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| 01/24/51 |
Goya Bequest, the
alt: Ivy Willed a Masterpiece Painting
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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It's morning in the household of the William Todhunter Halls, the doctor is sitting at his desk.
His wife Victoria enters to overhear the muttering that invariably seem to
accompany the president's perusal of the morning mail...
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| 01/31/51 |
Professor Warren's Retirement
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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It's one of those nights that makes home a real haven. Dr. William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy
is thankful to be home at last after a dinner meeting with the board to don
his dressing gown and slippers and join his wife Victoria before the
fireplace...
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| 02/28/51 |
French Scholarship
alt: English Visitors
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Second perhaps on the list of well known presidents who play the piano is William Todhunter Hall,
president of Ivy College. He never was nor will be of concert calibre but
his journeyman knowledge of Bach, Berlin, Brahms, Beethoven, and Jellyroll
Morton. He's quite modest about his musical accomplishments, and if you
listen attentively, you'll see why...
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| 03/07/51 |
Eddie Gray's Wedding
alt: Eddie Gray's Romance
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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The lull between Christmas and Easter, between the hibernation basketball and the awakening of
baseball can be a period of acute concern to a college president. Thus the
unnatural calm which pervades the Ivy campus is a matter of warped
speculation to Dr. William Todhunter Hall, Ivy's president, as he says to
his wife Victoria...
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| 03/14/51 |
Wayward Son, the
alt: In His Image
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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Left to itself, memory can draw a glowing portrait of the past. But when one of the characters
steps out of the frame into the present, well, that can spoil the whole
picture. At the moment, Dr. William Toddhunter Hall, president of Ivy, is
trying to draw an image of his old friend Allan Richards for his wife
Victoria...
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| 04/18/51 |
Romiette and Julio
alt: School Play
alt: Antoneum Club
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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The annual theatrical production of the Antoneum is only a few weeks away. So far, against all
tradition, there's been no announcement about what play they're doing. It's
unthinkable, of course that they should not do "The Important of Being
Ernest", "The Rival", "Lady Windemere's Fan", or something equally public
domain, but who knows? Even at the home of Dr. William Todhunter Hall, the
president of Ivy, it's under discussion. With the authority of her years in
the English theater, Victoria Cromwell Hall says...
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| 04/25/51 |
Note The Quote
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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William Todhunter Hall is an erudite man. Nobody's ever questioned that fact. He's always prided
himself on the fact that most of the quotable quotes from the literature of
the world are at his fingertips and on the tip of his tongue. On this
particular morning, Mrs. Hall, the former Victoria Cromwell of the English
stage, has her mind on a different subject...
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| 05/02/51 |
Campus Unrest and Draft
alt: Student Vandalism And The Draft
alt: Champ Waterfield
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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Special broadcast from Wash DC, Peabody Award given, 10 min post show talk -- repeat of 4/04/51
Like millions of other citizens, the president of Ivy, Dr. William Todhunter Hall, scans each
morning paper for some little ray of hope that the world may be tottering
on the brink of sanity. As he says to his wife Victoria, former reigning
beauty of the London stage...
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| 05/09/51 |
Glory Golightly
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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It is spring. The flowers appear on the earth. The time of the singing of birds has come. And the
voice of the turtle is heard in our land. Yes, music is in the air of Ivy,
too. Victoria Cromwell Hall has been spilling cadenzas like a bird over her
coffee while William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy, though no turtle he,
is tuning up with his own Do Re Mi...
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| 05/23/51 |
Cook's Night Out
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy, is no alarmist. But after his wife Victoria spent a
couple of days living on aspirin and fruit juices and still felt the
miseries, he called the doctor. The diagnosis was quick, if ambiguous, the
prescription was illegible but impressive, and with the customary
admonition to stay in bed and take it easy... [noise kills the rest]
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| 05/30/51 |
Finals Day Award
alt: Nobeling Dale Science Award
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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The Hounds of Spring are yapping merrily at Ivy's president, Dr. William Todhunter Hall. Their
happy barking announces that summer, as Chaucer so quaintly put it, is
"a-comin' in" and that the academic year is "a goin' out." Relishing the
idea, Dr. Hall sits in the afternoon sun, perusing that handbook of the
male species, a sporting goods catalog...
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| 06/13/51 |
Finals Season
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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With the student body and the faculty of Ivy College in the grip of final examinations, and the
administrative chores of the academic year completed, Dr. William Todhunter
Hall has found an idle hour or so to reaquaint himself with a small volume
which is not included but should be in the Great Books Course. It's called
a checkbook...
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| 06/20/51 |
Pork Barrel Politics
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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Ivy's president, Dr. William Todhunter Hall, was a guest last night at a civic banquet. He went
perforce and came home persuaded. As he tells his wife Victoria, former
reigning beauty of the London stage, this morning...
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| 10/03/51 |
Adoption
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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Coleman welcomes listeners to the new semester
... which is still in the throes of settling down for the academic year. The professors are still
scanning new faces for signs of concealed intelligence. The football
coaches and the coeds are estimating the approximate number of attempted
passes in the coming season. And the Board of Governors is rechecking its
list of wealthy alumni. Object: sentimental extortion. As Ivy's
president, Dr. William Todhunter Hall says to his wife, the former
Victoria Cromwell of the London stage, "at this time of the year I feel
like the director of the mint, taking in raw metal to be turned out as coin
of the realm, stamped to a certain pattern, but put to a million various
uses." At least that's what he intends to say, as soon as she gets off the t
elephone....
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| 10/10/51 |
Editorial in the Ivy Bull
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
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Autumn is a season beloved of poets, football coaches, painters, wholesalers of woolen goods, and
at least one college president. Dr. William Todhunter Hall, of Ivy takes a
moment from his multifarious duties to stand at the window of his living
room with his wife Victoria...
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| 10/17/51 |
Student Council Election
alt: Student Presidential Election
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
|
The fall semester being well under way, Ivy's president, Dr. William Todhunter Hall can steal a few
moments now and then to dip into a magazine or scan a newspaper. With an
educator, of course, who should maintain at least a nodding acquaintance
with current affairs, this temporal theft is not subject to reproach. It's
what might be termed as 'stainless steal', as he says to his wife Victoria,
former star of the English stage, ....
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| 10/24/51 |
Mrs Why?
alt: Grandmother Enrolls at Ivy
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
|
The first few weeks of every new college season more or less resemble a shake-down trip on a newly
launched cruiser. Faculty and students must learn their battle stations.
Also it's a good thing to know how to approach the big guns, and for the
big guns to clear their sights. The biggest gun at Ivy College, Dr. William
Todhunter Hall, president, is just finishing lunch at home with Victoria
Hall, his wife, former ornament of the London stage...
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| 10/31/51 |
Football Coach
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
|
In any well regulated college, the departments of science, medicine, mathmatics, and philosophy are
of top-drawer importance. But their special interests [caveat] the
general. The one department which is all things to all students is the
campus confectionary. Whether it be known as the Sugar Bowl, Sweet Shop,
The Last Straw, or as here at Ivy, Calorie Corner. It's a place where
appetites mingle, and emotions are exchanged. Where you can discuss the
pianistic virtuosities of George Sheering over a Hot Fudge Whip or you can
lead a Phosphate worse than death. Or if you are Dr. William Todhunter
Hall, president of Ivy, you can drop in with your wife. As he says to the
proprietor...
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| 11/07/51 |
Halloween
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
|
On Halloween, by old tradition, evil spirits are allowed to roam the earth after dark and hold high
revel until the stroke of midnight when the chimes usher in the Christian
festival of All Saints. As in most places, the inhabitants of Ivy are not
all saints nor very evil, but a varying blend of the two. On this fine
November morning there is little evidence around the campus of Halloween
jinx, high or low, as Victoria Hall returns from her marketing to join her
husband, William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy College...
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| 11/14/51 |
Late Student
alt: Car Trouble
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
|
Some people can go out for an evening simply because they want to go out, and with no apologies to
anyone. But Dr. William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy, who takes his
responsibilities and obligations quite seriously, feels that taking his
wife for a drive in the country demands some kind of justification. He
tries to expiate his sense of guilt with a little help from Walt Whitman...
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| 11/15/51 |
Don Quinn Interview
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content indicates the interview was conducted over summer of 1952
Owen Cunningham talks to Don Quinn
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| 11/21/51 |
Minister's Son
alt: Reverend Jarvis' Son
alt: Reverend Jarvis' Seeks Help
| |
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Full Halls of Ivy theme sung at end
It might reasonably seem that after many years of experience the opportunities and the
importunities of a college president's life, would have become so
standardized and so repetitions that all problems could be settled by
rule of thumb. The problem with using a rule of thumb is it's too
frequently one knuckle short of adequacy. As Dr. Hall, Ivy's president,
said to his wife, the former Victoria Cromwell of the English theater...
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| 11/28/51 |
Professor Warren's Girlfriend
alt: Professor Warren's Romantic Folly
alt: Dinner at Professor Warren's
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Full Halls of Ivy theme sung at end
For many families, breakfast is a small pandemonium, filled with a clatter of cups, a confusion
of tongues, desperate last gulps of scorching coffee and a mad dash for the
bus station. But for Dr. William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy, and his
wife Victoria, it's usually an unruffled few moments, put aside for their
private lives. This morning, for instance, Victoria's arranging a bowl of
flowers on the table while Dr. Hall is thoughtfully staring at a highly
polished spoon...
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| 12/05/51 |
Calhoun Gaddy's Agricultural Development
alt: Agricultural Developments
| |
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It's a well known fact that the residence of Dr. William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy,
and his wife Victoria, is always open house, the keeping of which is a
minor miracle. Through circumstances beyond their control, the Halls lost
their housekeeper Penny last year, so now it's with great relief that they
have at last found a replacement, the highly recommended and notably
efficient Miss Louisa Tate...
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| 12/12/51 |
Professor Royce Returns
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
|
At this time of the year, academic responsibilities are pushed around by social obligations. And
while great public issues wait for action, momentous personal decisions
must be made. For instance, what gifts to buy for Aunt Edith and Cousin
Ted. Dr. William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy, in common with most
men, solves such major problems by leaving the Christmas shopping to his
wife Victoria, who at the moment comes in ladened with packages...
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| 12/26/51 |
Sweet Sorrow
alt: Drama Class Auditions
alt: Dramatic Club Try-Outs
| |
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Full Halls of Ivy theme sung at end
Presidents of colleges normally spend their days coping with complexities which would unseat
the reason of lesser men. Well, Dr. William Todhunter Hall, president of
Ivy College, is able to maintain his serenity because Number One Faculty
Row is a little oasis of peace and sanity, well tended by his delightful
wife, the former Victoria Cromwell of the London stage, from which and whom
he's loath to depart each morning, as evidenced by his usual prolonged
breakfast...
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| 01/02/52 |
Hell Week
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
|
It's the post-perendial period at Number One Faculty Row, post-perendial being a euphamism for, "Oh
let's let the dinner dishes go for a while." And Dr. William Todhunter
Hall, Ivy's president, sinks happily into his big leather chair for a
little after dinner conversation with his wife Victoria, who is almost too
beautiful to be as intelligent as she is. Dr. Hall says...
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| 01/09/52 |
Avoiding Professor Hamlin's Class
alt: Nelson Carter's Son
alt: Professor Hamlin's Class
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Henry Ward Beecher once observed that nothing is orderly until man's taken ahold of it.
Everything in creation lies around loose. For the president of any
university there are many loose ends in any normal week. But Dr. William
Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy, is enjoying the abnormal satisfaction of
having everything in apple pie order. A triumph which he's celebrating with
his wife Victoria as he tops off his luncheon with, of all things, some
apple pie...
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| 01/16/52 |
Art Society
alt: Art Exhibit
alt: Art Show Judge
| |
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Full Halls of Ivy theme sung at end
... the president of which, Dr. William Todhunter Hall, is engaged in one of America's favorite
indoor sports. No, not table tennis. Not bridge. Not charades. Not putting
gold balls into a paper cup. This pastime requires more accuracy and more
muscle and more finesse than any of those. It's called "Rearranging the
Living Room Furniture", and as his wife Victoria so well says...
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| 01/23/52 |
Medal of Honor Winner
alt: Congressional Medal Winner
alt: Daughter of Medal of Honor Winner
| |
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Full theme at end
It's a problem with any good executive just how much authority to delegate. A top ranking official
must walk the tightrope of decision, strung between the posts of authority
and delegation. Dr. William Todhunter Hall has solved the situation rather
neatly. Executive and academic matters are disposed of at his office in the
administration building as they come up. Student and personal problems he
prefers to deal with in the quiet of his own home at #1 Faculty Row, where
at the present moment, he and his lovely wife Victoria are talking with
Charles Meriwether, a member of the governing board. Dr. Hall is saying...
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| 01/30/52 |
Track Star
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
|
On almost any campus, Saturday morning is the occasion for late rising, eager preparation
for various forms of violent relaxation, and assorted escapes from academic
confinement. Dr. William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy, also appreciates
the boundless promise of the day. But even more, he appreciates his
beautiful wife Victoria, to whom he is saying...
[I'm checking on this episode date. Sponsorship by JSBC seems to have s
topped a while ago, but here it is again. ]
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| 02/06/52 |
Glee Club Donation
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Every college president to be successful must have some talent for improvisation. And all good
improvising, being compounded of memory, inventiveness, and facility. The
position of these qualities makes Dr. William Todhunter Hall, Ivy's
president, a gifted extemporizor. Just now, as his decorative wife Victoria
enters the room, he's applying his knack for improvisation to the piano...
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| 02/13/52 |
Dean Huxley
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
|
Coleman dedicates the show to Dr. Lynn Townsend White, Jr,, president of Mills College, Oakland CA
It's five o'clock on a dark winter's afternoon and the campus is in a soggy state. Trees are
dripping, the ivy's drooping, and only the sturdier students are seen
sloshing along in the mud-stained snow. All of which seems to have had no
affect on Dr. William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy, who returns home to
#1 Faculty Row in a bouyant, triumphant mood, as his delighted and
delightful wife Victoria says...
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| 02/20/52 |
Voice Of The Ivy Vine
alt: Ivy Vine Gossip Show
alt: Radio Gossip Show
| |
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If you live in a small college town, and had an hour or two free in the evening, you might choose
to spend it in the library, or the student's union, or you might drop in at
the malt shop or just wander through the tree-lined pathways of the campus.
But chances are the one place you wouldn't visit voluntarily would be the
Police Station. But that is exactly where Dr. William Todhunter Hall,
president of Ivy, has spent the evening while his wife Victoria has
attended a rehearsal of the freshman play. They have just returned home
together when Mrs. Hall is saying...
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| 02/27/52 |
Budget Problems
| Voice of America |
|
When the endowments lag behind, boards of governors are quite justified in trimming their sails
to the prevailing financial zephyrs, which is what Ivy's governing board
did at a budget meeting last night. As a result of which, Dr. William
Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy, has come down to breakfast in what for
him is a black mood. As he says to his beautiful wife Victoria, who has a
community property approach to her husband's moods...
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| 03/05/52 |
Astronomy Exam, the
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
|
Coleman dedicates the show to Dr. Marion T. Harrington, president of Texas A&M College
It's been an eventful day on the campus. Not because of the usual activities of the faculty and
student body, not because of what anybody did, but because of what one
undergraduate refused to do. His action has thrown the college into an
uproar, with factions beginning to form on all sides. But Dr. William
Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy, is completely unaware of the incident
since he and his wife Victoria have been at the state capital all day
attending an educational conference. It's dusk as they're driving back
home, and they've just turned up Elm Street on their way to #1 Faculty Row a
s Dr. Hall is saying...
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| 03/12/52 |
Lame Girl and the Hypochondriac
alt: Sheila Quincannon
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
|
Coleman dedicates the show to Dr. Horace Mann Bond, president of Lincoln University, Chester Co., PA
When one thinks of a college president, it's got to be in terms of mortar board, academic gowns,
and a portentous harried individual pouring over lists of the wealthy
alumni for some untapped vein of gold and endowments. This is a caricature,
of course, but caricatures are merely distorted portraits. Without the
distortion, at least one college president, Dr. William Todhunter Hall is a
man in a business suit who is neither portentous nor harried, and he has
friends and neighbors like everybody else. One of them is waiting for him
now, in he study at Number One Faculty Row. And as he enters the front
door, his wife Victoria says...
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| 03/19/52 |
Founder's Day Celebration
alt: Oldest Living Graduate
| no sponsor |
|
Most institutions such as Ivy seem quickly to aquire an atmosphere of age and permanance. So much
so that it's hard to imagine the day when they were brash new infants in
the field of education. But everything good has a beginning, and Ivy's
beginning is commemorated each year at the annual Founder's Day
Celebrations. This year's honored guest is Ivy's oldest living alumnus,
Silas Livingston, who arrived late last night at the home of President
William Todhunter Hall. And so we find Dr. Hall's lovely wife Victoria
quietly planning a breakfast tray in the kitchen.
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| 03/26/52 |
Stolen Money
alt: Stolen $25
alt: Spring Fever
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There's a contagious disease spreading around the college these days, and you don't have to be
a doctor to recognize the symptoms. A wandering eye, the listless manner,
and the unwonted eagerness and rejoicing with which the dismissal bell is
greeted. All these are the signs of spring fever. And no one at Ivy seems
to have escaped the affliction, least of all Dr. William Todhunter Hall,
the president and his wife Victoria, who are taking an afternoon stroll
through the campus.
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| 04/02/52 |
Professor Grimes Challenged
alt: Halls and Misunderstandings
alt: Misunderstanding Between Two Professors
| |
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"Reading maketh a full man" said Francis Bacon many years ago, but it's a notorious fact
that college presidents get very little time to read. Thus it's a rare and
precious scene that we're permitted to view this evening as we look into
the livingroom of Number One Faculty Row. There by the hearth, enjoying the
fire and basking in the warmth of each other's company sit Dr. William
Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy, and his wife Victoria, reading...
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| 04/09/52 |
Faculty Marriage
alt: Two Teachers to Marry
alt: Teachers Marry Against The Rules
| |
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You know, many a man takes his wife a box of candy or a bunch of flowers on occasion,
but the occasion is usually a birthday or anniversary. It's a rare husband
indeed who takes his wife a bunch of violets simply because it's spring and
there are flowers for sale on street corners and he happens to be fond of
her. But that's how it is with Dr. William Todhunter Hall, president of
Ivy, as he enters his own front door at Number One Faculty Row...
| |
| 04/16/52 |
French Exchange Student, the
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
|
Coleman dedicates this episode to E. Wilson Lyon, president of Pomona College, Clairmont, CA
One of the most important qualifications of an executive is the ability to make decisions. This is
not always easy, as Dr. William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy has just
been reminded. So it was with a good deal of thought and consideration
that he finally picked out a new hat at Ivy's leading habidashery. And
now, mission accomplished, he meets his wife Victoria in front of the Ivy
department store....
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| 04/23/52 |
Professor Walden's Son
alt: Help man realize son's intelligence
| |
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As a highly competent administrator, a fast clearer-upper of disposable details, and a disciple
of the clean desk, the president of Ivy College is not one to linger
unnecessarily in his administration building's sanctum when his work is
done. Whether it be noon, three o'clock, or midnight. It's now 2:30 in the
afternoon and he's signing the last letter of the day's correspondence,
with his faithful secretary Miss Goodson standing by, blotter in her right
hand, presidential fedora in the other, he says...
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| 04/30/52 |
Faculty Follies 1
| Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company |
|
Coleman dedicates 100th broadcast to Tufts College, Medford, MA and president Leonard Charmichael
Sadly enough there are people who make a dubious living from trumped-up lawsuits, professional
litigants. There are also professional witnesses who, for $15 or so, will
swear to the sun rising in the west. Professional bondsmen and other
full-time legal fringe practitioners. But professional defendants are
rare, and among them are college presidents. The must be constantly
defending their policies, their plans, and their day-to-day actions. As
President William Todhunter Hall of Ivy College tells his lovely wife
Victoria...
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| 05/07/52 |
Faculty Follies 2
| Voice of America |
|
For the past week, administrative chores have been delegated as much as possible because President
William Todhunter Hall and his wife Victoria have been and are deeply
involved with a benefit theatrical production for the Undergraduate Ivy
Players. Written, acted and presented by the staff and known as the Faculty
Follies. This is the first rehearsal day and the Halls are waiting for
Sidney Mullen, manager of the student players to arrive with a progress
report. Dr. Hall is saying...
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| 05/14/52 |
Student Singer
alt: Music Student to Drop Out
alt: Singing Student's Hearing Loss
| Voice of America |
|
Running a college is a serious responsibility, entailing as it does the care and mental feeding
of some hundreds of future citizens. It is therefore a happy and
therapeutic event when its president, in this case Dr. William Todhunter
Hall, Ivy's head man, can come home to his lovely wife, in this case
Victoria Hall, smiling hand happy over an amusing incident, as he says...
| |
| 05/21/52 |
Dr. Spatzen
alt: Psychology Department Opening
alt: New Psychology Professor
| Voice of America |
|
This evening Dr. William Todhunter Hall is attending a Board of Governor's meeting leaving his wife
Victoria to preside at Number One Faculty Row. It's still early and Mrs.
Hall has found the right book and the right chair and is well prepared to
spend the next couple of hours in gainful solitude when suddenly she hears
the front door knob turn, the door slowly open and close, and footsteps
approach the living room...
| |
| 05/28/52 |
Mummynapper
alt: Stolen Mummy
| Voice of America |
|
Dr. William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy, has more than ordinary fortitude and forbearance.
But even he has moments when he gives way under the many disturbances
inevitably encountered in any given day. At the moment he appears to be
quarreling with a small magazine, turning the pages with more than the
usual vigor and vehemence, a fact that is noted by his noteworthy wife
Victoria who says...
| |
| 06/04/52 |
Pregnant Student
alt: Campus Baby
| Voice of America |
|
Somebody once observed that a letter is an unannounced visitor and the Postman is thus the agent
of impolite surprises. Well, it looks as though Dr. William Todhunter Hall
is going to have a lot of epistolary company this morning when his wife
Victoria brings an armful of letters into his study and says...
| |
| 06/11/52 |
Wellman's Come to Dinner
alt: Professor Wellman Comes for Dinner
alt: Wellman's Early For Dinner
alt: Millionaire Alumni to Donate
alt: Dinner a Week Early
| Voice of America |
|
The final weeks of any college semester are crowded ones, and Dr. William Todhunter Hall,
president of Ivy has just put in a strenuous day at his office and returns
home to Number One Faculty Row, and his wife Victoria with gratitude and
relief...
| |
| 06/18/52 |
Math Professor
alt: Woman Hired as Math Professor
alt: Hires Female Math Instructor
alt: Female Instructor Hired
| |
|
As in thousands of such institutions across America, students have come here to prepare themselves
for life in a rather uncertain world. A world where courage is needed. And
a B belief in great and lasting truths. And most of these truths have been
the lifelong career of Dr. William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy, who at
the moment is seated in his study reading the evening paper. Victoria is
reading a pocket magazine between desultory attempts at conversation...
| |
| 06/25/52 |
Summer Vacation
alt: Closing for the Summer
alt: Ivy Is Closing For The Summer
| |
|
Dr. William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy, starts this week on his vacation, accompanied,
need we say, by his charming wife Victoria. And here in his administration
building office, metaphorically putting up the shutters, cutting off the
utilities, and stopping the milk deliveries for the summer, we find Dr.
Hall and his secretary, the indispensable Miss Goodson...
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|
The following lists contain all the Title and Alternate Titles I've found for each show date specified.
| Date Order |
Title Order |
| 06/22/49 | Dr. Hall's Reappointment |
| 06/23/49 | Dr. Hall's Reappointment |
| 01/06/50 | Reappointment of Dr. Hall |
| 01/13/50 | Student Editorial |
| 01/20/50 | Gangster's Son |
| 01/20/50 | Mike Mellot |
| 01/27/50 | Charter Day Ceremonies |
| 01/27/50 | Wellman's Nose |
| 02/03/50 | Dr. Bromley, Shakespeare Expert |
| 02/10/50 | Snowman |
| 02/17/50 | Chinese Student |
| 02/17/50 | Prejudice |
| 02/17/50 | Substitute for Reverend Gilby |
| 02/24/50 | Is Eddie Grey a Thief? |
| 02/24/50 | Student Thief |
| 02/24/50 | Vindication for Eddie Grey |
| 03/03/50 | 15 Year Old in Live with Vicki |
| 03/03/50 | Merton Savada's Crush |
| 03/03/50 | Merton Savada's In Love |
| 03/10/50 | Lead in New York Play |
| 03/10/50 | Victoria's New Review |
| 03/17/50 | Dirty Politics |
| 03/17/50 | Mr. Granger vs. Dr. Hall |
| 03/17/50 | Town Politics |
| 03/24/50 | Is Professor Gerhardt Cheating? |
| 03/24/50 | Professor Gerhardt's Secret |
| 03/31/50 | Ivy Chamber Music and Knockwurst Society |
| 03/31/50 | Music and Knockwurst Society |
| 04/07/50 | Professor Hall Plays Sick |
| 04/07/50 | Toddy Plays Hooky |
| 04/14/50 | Lost Dog |
| 04/14/50 | Mrs. Foster's Lost Dog |
| 04/21/50 | Mrs. Halls Traffic Tickets |
| 04/21/50 | Recording of Victoria Singing |
| 04/21/50 | To Drugstore for Thermometer |
| 04/21/50 | Traffic and Cocoanuts |
| 04/28/50 | Scofield Prize |
| 05/05/50 | Mrs. Hall's Letter |
| 05/05/50 | Student Actress |
| 05/10/50 | Mrs. Whitney's Statue |
| 05/17/50 | 60 Year Old Goes to College |
| 05/17/50 | Dr. Abel |
| 05/24/50 | Boxing Promoter |
| 05/24/50 | Boxing vs. Medicine |
| 05/24/50 | Fighting Med Student |
| 05/31/50 | $250,000 donation |
| 05/31/50 | Babysitting |
| 05/31/50 | Sexton Award, the |
| 06/07/50 | D-Day |
| 06/07/50 | Philip Weatherby A Farmer? |
| 06/07/50 | Philip Weatherby's Dad |
| 06/14/50 | Stolen First Edition |
| 06/14/50 | Vicky Buys a Stolen Book |
| 06/21/50 | Bentheimers and the Census |
| 06/28/50 | Faculty Raffle |
| 06/28/50 | Professor Warren is Going Blind |
| 07/05/50 | Poetry Reading |
| 07/12/50 | Education of Annie Belle |
| 09/27/50 | Leslie Hoff Painting |
| 10/04/50 | Best Looking Instructor |
| 10/04/50 | English Instructor |
| 10/04/50 | New English Teacher |
| 10/04/50 | Victoria's College Course In Literature |
| 10/11/50 | House is Falling Apart, the |
| 10/11/50 | Moving Furniture |
| 10/11/50 | Phone Problems |
| 10/18/50 | Scandal of Professor Huntley |
| 10/18/50 | Scandal of Professor Rosseau |
| 11/22/50 | Jack Benny Visits Ivy |
| 11/29/50 | Honor Student |
| 01/03/51 | Professor Barrette's Play |
| 01/24/51 | Goya Bequest, the |
| 01/24/51 | Ivy Willed a Masterpiece Painting |
| 01/31/51 | Professor Warren's Retirement |
| 02/28/51 | English Visitors |
| 02/28/51 | French Scholarship |
| 03/07/51 | Eddie Gray's Romance |
| 03/07/51 | Eddie Gray's Wedding |
| 03/14/51 | In His Image |
| 03/14/51 | Wayward Son, the |
| 04/18/51 | Antoneum Club |
| 04/18/51 | Romiette and Julio |
| 04/18/51 | School Play |
| 04/25/51 | Note The Quote |
| 05/02/51 | Campus Unrest and Draft |
| 05/02/51 | Champ Waterfield |
| 05/02/51 | Student Vandalism And The Draft |
| 05/09/51 | Glory Golightly |
| 05/23/51 | Cook's Night Out |
| 05/30/51 | Finals Day Award |
| 05/30/51 | Nobeling Dale Science Award |
| 06/13/51 | Finals Season |
| 06/20/51 | Pork Barrel Politics |
| 10/03/51 | Adoption |
| 10/10/51 | Editorial in the Ivy Bull |
| 10/17/51 | Student Council Election |
| 10/17/51 | Student Presidential Election |
| 10/24/51 | Grandmother Enrolls at Ivy |
| 10/24/51 | Mrs Why? |
| 10/31/51 | Football Coach |
| 11/07/51 | Halloween |
| 11/14/51 | Car Trouble |
| 11/14/51 | Late Student |
| 11/15/51 | Don Quinn Interview |
| 11/21/51 | Minister's Son |
| 11/21/51 | Reverend Jarvis' Seeks Help |
| 11/21/51 | Reverend Jarvis' Son |
| 11/28/51 | Dinner at Professor Warren's |
| 11/28/51 | Professor Warren's Girlfriend |
| 11/28/51 | Professor Warren's Romantic Folly |
| 12/05/51 | Agricultural Developments |
| 12/05/51 | Calhoun Gaddy's Agricultural Development |
| 12/12/51 | Professor Royce Returns |
| 12/26/51 | Drama Class Auditions |
| 12/26/51 | Dramatic Club Try-Outs |
| 12/26/51 | Sweet Sorrow |
| 01/02/52 | Hell Week |
| 01/09/52 | Avoiding Professor Hamlin's Class |
| 01/09/52 | Nelson Carter's Son |
| 01/09/52 | Professor Hamlin's Class |
| 01/16/52 | Art Exhibit |
| 01/16/52 | Art Show Judge |
| 01/16/52 | Art Society |
| 01/23/52 | Congressional Medal Winner |
| 01/23/52 | Daughter of Medal of Honor Winner |
| 01/23/52 | Medal of Honor Winner |
| 01/30/52 | Track Star |
| 02/06/52 | Glee Club Donation |
| 02/13/52 | Dean Huxley |
| 02/20/52 | Ivy Vine Gossip Show |
| 02/20/52 | Radio Gossip Show |
| 02/20/52 | Voice Of The Ivy Vine |
| 02/27/52 | Budget Problems |
| 03/05/52 | Astronomy Exam, the |
| 03/12/52 | Lame Girl and the Hypochondriac |
| 03/12/52 | Sheila Quincannon |
| 03/19/52 | Founder's Day Celebration |
| 03/19/52 | Oldest Living Graduate |
| 03/26/52 | Spring Fever |
| 03/26/52 | Stolen $25 |
| 03/26/52 | Stolen Money |
| 04/02/52 | Halls and Misunderstandings |
| 04/02/52 | Misunderstanding Between Two Professors |
| 04/02/52 | Professor Grimes Challenged |
| 04/09/52 | Faculty Marriage |
| 04/09/52 | Teachers Marry Against The Rules |
| 04/09/52 | Two Teachers to Marry |
| 04/16/52 | French Exchange Student, the |
| 04/23/52 | Help man realize son's intelligence |
| 04/23/52 | Professor Walden's Son |
| 04/30/52 | Faculty Follies 1 |
| 05/07/52 | Faculty Follies 2 |
| 05/14/52 | Music Student to Drop Out |
| 05/14/52 | Singing Student's Hearing Loss |
| 05/14/52 | Student Singer |
| 05/21/52 | Dr. Spatzen |
| 05/21/52 | New Psychology Professor |
| 05/21/52 | Psychology Department Opening |
| 05/28/52 | Mummynapper |
| 05/28/52 | Stolen Mummy |
| 06/04/52 | Campus Baby |
| 06/04/52 | Pregnant Student |
| 06/11/52 | Dinner a Week Early |
| 06/11/52 | Millionaire Alumni to Donate |
| 06/11/52 | Professor Wellman Comes for Dinner |
| 06/11/52 | Wellman's Come to Dinner |
| 06/11/52 | Wellman's Early For Dinner |
| 06/18/52 | Female Instructor Hired |
| 06/18/52 | Hires Female Math Instructor |
| 06/18/52 | Math Professor |
| 06/18/52 | Woman Hired as Math Professor |
| 06/25/52 | Closing for the Summer |
| 06/25/52 | Ivy Is Closing For The Summer |
| 06/25/52 | Summer Vacation |
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| 05/31/50 | $250,000 donation |
| 03/03/50 | 15 Year Old in Live with Vicki |
| 05/17/50 | 60 Year Old Goes to College |
| 10/03/51 | Adoption |
| 12/05/51 | Agricultural Developments |
| 04/18/51 | Antoneum Club |
| 01/16/52 | Art Exhibit |
| 01/16/52 | Art Show Judge |
| 01/16/52 | Art Society |
| 03/05/52 | Astronomy Exam, the |
| 01/09/52 | Avoiding Professor Hamlin's Class |
| 05/31/50 | Babysitting |
| 06/21/50 | Bentheimers and the Census |
| 10/04/50 | Best Looking Instructor |
| 05/24/50 | Boxing Promoter |
| 05/24/50 | Boxing vs. Medicine |
| 02/27/52 | Budget Problems |
| 12/05/51 | Calhoun Gaddy's Agricultural Development |
| 06/04/52 | Campus Baby |
| 05/02/51 | Campus Unrest and Draft |
| 11/14/51 | Car Trouble |
| 05/02/51 | Champ Waterfield |
| 01/27/50 | Charter Day Ceremonies |
| 02/17/50 | Chinese Student |
| 06/25/52 | Closing for the Summer |
| 01/23/52 | Congressional Medal Winner |
| 05/23/51 | Cook's Night Out |
| 06/07/50 | D-Day |
| 01/23/52 | Daughter of Medal of Honor Winner |
| 02/13/52 | Dean Huxley |
| 06/11/52 | Dinner a Week Early |
| 11/28/51 | Dinner at Professor Warren's |
| 03/17/50 | Dirty Politics |
| 11/15/51 | Don Quinn Interview |
| 05/17/50 | Dr. Abel |
| 02/03/50 | Dr. Bromley, Shakespeare Expert |
| 06/22/49 | Dr. Hall's Reappointment |
| 06/23/49 | Dr. Hall's Reappointment |
| 05/21/52 | Dr. Spatzen |
| 12/26/51 | Drama Class Auditions |
| 12/26/51 | Dramatic Club Try-Outs |
| 03/07/51 | Eddie Gray's Romance |
| 03/07/51 | Eddie Gray's Wedding |
| 10/10/51 | Editorial in the Ivy Bull |
| 07/12/50 | Education of Annie Belle |
| 10/04/50 | English Instructor |
| 02/28/51 | English Visitors |
| 04/30/52 | Faculty Follies 1 |
| 05/07/52 | Faculty Follies 2 |
| 04/09/52 | Faculty Marriage |
| 06/28/50 | Faculty Raffle |
| 06/18/52 | Female Instructor Hired |
| 05/24/50 | Fighting Med Student |
| 05/30/51 | Finals Day Award |
| 06/13/51 | Finals Season |
| 10/31/51 | Football Coach |
| 03/19/52 | Founder's Day Celebration |
| 04/16/52 | French Exchange Student, the |
| 02/28/51 | French Scholarship |
| 01/20/50 | Gangster's Son |
| 02/06/52 | Glee Club Donation |
| 05/09/51 | Glory Golightly |
| 01/24/51 | Goya Bequest, the |
| 10/24/51 | Grandmother Enrolls at Ivy |
| 11/07/51 | Halloween |
| 04/02/52 | Halls and Misunderstandings |
| 01/02/52 | Hell Week |
| 04/23/52 | Help man realize son's intelligence |
| 06/18/52 | Hires Female Math Instructor |
| 11/29/50 | Honor Student |
| 10/11/50 | House is Falling Apart, the |
| 03/14/51 | In His Image |
| 02/24/50 | Is Eddie Grey a Thief? |
| 03/24/50 | Is Professor Gerhardt Cheating? |
| 03/31/50 | Ivy Chamber Music and Knockwurst Society |
| 06/25/52 | Ivy Is Closing For The Summer |
| 02/20/52 | Ivy Vine Gossip Show |
| 01/24/51 | Ivy Willed a Masterpiece Painting |
| 11/22/50 | Jack Benny Visits Ivy |
| 03/12/52 | Lame Girl and the Hypochondriac |
| 11/14/51 | Late Student |
| 03/10/50 | Lead in New York Play |
| 09/27/50 | Leslie Hoff Painting |
| 04/14/50 | Lost Dog |
| 06/18/52 | Math Professor |
| 01/23/52 | Medal of Honor Winner |
| 03/03/50 | Merton Savada's Crush |
| 03/03/50 | Merton Savada's In Love |
| 01/20/50 | Mike Mellot |
| 06/11/52 | Millionaire Alumni to Donate |
| 11/21/51 | Minister's Son |
| 04/02/52 | Misunderstanding Between Two Professors |
| 10/11/50 | Moving Furniture |
| 03/17/50 | Mr. Granger vs. Dr. Hall |
| 10/24/51 | Mrs Why? |
| 04/14/50 | Mrs. Foster's Lost Dog |
| 05/05/50 | Mrs. Hall's Letter |
| 04/21/50 | Mrs. Halls Traffic Tickets |
| 05/10/50 | Mrs. Whitney's Statue |
| 05/28/52 | Mummynapper |
| 05/14/52 | Music Student to Drop Out |
| 03/31/50 | Music and Knockwurst Society |
| 01/09/52 | Nelson Carter's Son |
| 10/04/50 | New English Teacher |
| 05/21/52 | New Psychology Professor |
| 05/30/51 | Nobeling Dale Science Award |
| 04/25/51 | Note The Quote |
| 03/19/52 | Oldest Living Graduate |
| 06/07/50 | Philip Weatherby A Farmer? |
| 06/07/50 | Philip Weatherby's Dad |
| 10/11/50 | Phone Problems |
| 07/05/50 | Poetry Reading |
| 06/20/51 | Pork Barrel Politics |
| 06/04/52 | Pregnant Student |
| 02/17/50 | Prejudice |
| 01/03/51 | Professor Barrette's Play |
| 03/24/50 | Professor Gerhardt's Secret |
| 04/02/52 | Professor Grimes Challenged |
| 04/07/50 | Professor Hall Plays Sick |
| 01/09/52 | Professor Hamlin's Class |
| 12/12/51 | Professor Royce Returns |
| 04/23/52 | Professor Walden's Son |
| 06/28/50 | Professor Warren is Going Blind |
| 11/28/51 | Professor Warren's Girlfriend |
| 01/31/51 | Professor Warren's Retirement |
| 11/28/51 | Professor Warren's Romantic Folly |
| 06/11/52 | Professor Wellman Comes for Dinner |
| 05/21/52 | Psychology Department Opening |
| 02/20/52 | Radio Gossip Show |
| 01/06/50 | Reappointment of Dr. Hall |
| 04/21/50 | Recording of Victoria Singing |
| 11/21/51 | Reverend Jarvis' Seeks Help |
| 11/21/51 | Reverend Jarvis' Son |
| 04/18/51 | Romiette and Julio |
| 10/18/50 | Scandal of Professor Huntley |
| 10/18/50 | Scandal of Professor Rosseau |
| 04/18/51 | School Play |
| 04/28/50 | Scofield Prize |
| 05/31/50 | Sexton Award, the |
| 03/12/52 | Sheila Quincannon |
| 05/14/52 | Singing Student's Hearing Loss |
| 02/10/50 | Snowman |
| 03/26/52 | Spring Fever |
| 03/26/52 | Stolen $25 |
| 06/14/50 | Stolen First Edition |
| 03/26/52 | Stolen Money |
| 05/28/52 | Stolen Mummy |
| 05/05/50 | Student Actress |
| 10/17/51 | Student Council Election |
| 01/13/50 | Student Editorial |
| 10/17/51 | Student Presidential Election |
| 05/14/52 | Student Singer |
| 02/24/50 | Student Thief |
| 05/02/51 | Student Vandalism And The Draft |
| 02/17/50 | Substitute for Reverend Gilby |
| 06/25/52 | Summer Vacation |
| 12/26/51 | Sweet Sorrow |
| 04/09/52 | Teachers Marry Against The Rules |
| 04/21/50 | To Drugstore for Thermometer |
| 04/07/50 | Toddy Plays Hooky |
| 03/17/50 | Town Politics |
| 01/30/52 | Track Star |
| 04/21/50 | Traffic and Cocoanuts |
| 04/09/52 | Two Teachers to Marry |
| 06/14/50 | Vicky Buys a Stolen Book |
| 10/04/50 | Victoria's College Course In Literature |
| 03/10/50 | Victoria's New Review |
| 02/24/50 | Vindication for Eddie Grey |
| 02/20/52 | Voice Of The Ivy Vine |
| 03/14/51 | Wayward Son, the |
| 06/11/52 | Wellman's Come to Dinner |
| 06/11/52 | Wellman's Early For Dinner |
| 01/27/50 | Wellman's Nose |
| 06/18/52 | Woman Hired as Math Professor |
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These are the lines that immediately follow Ken Carpenter's standard opening for the show:
"Welcome again to Ivy. Ivy College, that is, in the town of Ivy, U.S.A."
| 04/02/52 |
"Reading maketh a full man" said Francis Bacon many years ago, but it's a notorious fact
that college presidents get very little time to read. Thus it's a rare and
precious scene that we're permitted to view this evening as we look into
... |
| 01/16/52 |
... the president of which, Dr. William Todhunter Hall, is engaged in one of America's favorite
indoor sports. No, not table tennis. Not bridge. Not charades. Not putting
gold balls into a paper cup. This pastime requires more accuracy and more
... |
| 10/03/51 |
... which is still in the throes of settling down for the academic year. The professors are still
scanning new faces for signs of concealed intelligence. The football
coaches and the coeds are estimating the approximate number of attempted
... |
| 04/07/50 |
A college president, as some of us may not know, leads a life of quiet desperation. You see, the
more money the school needs, the harder he works. The harder he works, the
more the school grows. The more it grows, the more it needs. And the more
... |
| 01/03/51 |
A vast silence has recently descended upon the campus, and midterm examinations will soon begin,
and like most college presidents, Dr. William Todhunter Hall enjoys this
terminal lull. It gives him the chance to lock himself in his study and
... |
| 04/23/52 |
As a highly competent administrator, a fast clearer-upper of disposable details, and a disciple
of the clean desk, the president of Ivy College is not one to linger
unnecessarily in his administration building's sanctum when his work is
... |
| 06/18/52 |
As in thousands of such institutions across America, students have come here to prepare themselves
for life in a rather uncertain world. A world where courage is needed. And
a B belief in great and lasting truths. And most of these truths have been
... |
| 06/21/50 |
As it must to all men in these United States, the census taker has finally gotten around to that
institution of learning presided over by Dr. William Todhunter Hall. At the
moment, Dr. Hall and his wife, the former Victoria Cromwell of the London
... |
| 04/28/50 |
As most of us know, teachers are intensely concerned with books. Many of them write books, too. Dr.
William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy, is one of these. He finished
writing a book early this spring and with mounting anxiety has been
... |
| 12/12/51 |
At this time of the year, academic responsibilities are pushed around by social obligations. And
while great public issues wait for action, momentous personal decisions
must be made. For instance, what gifts to buy for Aunt Edith and Cousin
... |
| 10/04/50 |
Autumn days, filled with the excitement of the coming first snow, and football, and there's a zing
in the air. But to Dr. William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy, and his
ex-actress wife Victoria, autumn means new students, a lot of new
... |
| 10/10/51 |
Autumn is a season beloved of poets, football coaches, painters, wholesalers of woolen goods, and
at least one college president. Dr. William Todhunter Hall, of Ivy takes a
moment from his multifarious duties to stand at the window of his living
... |
| 01/27/50 |
Dr. Hall, Dr. William Todhunter Hall, the president of Ivy, has problems, shared by Mrs. Hall, the
former Victoria Cromwell of the London stage. Problems not entirely
curricular. Their immediate worry concerns the sudden, and so far
... |
| 02/17/50 |
Dr. William Todhunter Hall, like any other college president or almost any kind of executive has to
make certain concessions to his superior officers. For instance, he must on
occasion have lunch with some of the members of the Board of Governors,
... |
| 01/20/50 |
Dr. William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy College, has all the troubles common to college
presidents. They consist mostly of fiscal matters, financial affairs, and
money. As he's often been heard to say, a man in his position must be one
... |
| 02/24/50 |
Dr. William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy, has been working in his study all morning,
but he leaves it now to join his wife, the former Victoria Cromwell of the
English musical comedy stage. As he enters the livingroom, Mrs. Hall
... |
| 05/28/52 |
Dr. William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy, has more than ordinary fortitude and forbearance.
But even he has moments when he gives way under the many disturbances
inevitably encountered in any given day. At the moment he appears to be
... |
| 06/25/52 |
Dr. William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy, starts this week on his vacation, accompanied,
need we say, by his charming wife Victoria. And here in his administration
building office, metaphorically putting up the shutters, cutting off the
... |
| 02/06/52 |
Every college president to be successful must have some talent for improvisation. And all good
improvising, being compounded of memory, inventiveness, and facility. The
position of these qualities makes Dr. William Todhunter Hall, Ivy's
... |
| 02/10/50 |
Five people didn't go to bed at all last night here at Ivy. Grogan, the campus policeman who was
making his rounds. Two sophomores and a freshman who were investigating
certain mathematical phenomena, such as the odds of drawing to an inside
... |
| 11/29/50 |
For all the headaches of being the president of a college, Dr. William Toddhunter Hall has achieved
a full measure of contentment and peace. And now witness this peace and
contentment this evening: Dr. Hall entranced by the fingers of flame in his
... |
| 11/28/51 |
For many families, breakfast is a small pandemonium, filled with a clatter of cups, a confusion
of tongues, desperate last gulps of scorching coffee and a mad dash for the
bus station. But for Dr. William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy, and his
... |
| 11/22/50 |
For the past few days, Dr. William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy College, has been almost
completely unaware of the undercover campus activities of his wife
Victoria, former star of the English stage. In fact he betrays his
... |
| 05/07/52 |
For the past week, administrative chores have been delegated as much as possible because President
William Todhunter Hall and his wife Victoria have been and are deeply
involved with a benefit theatrical production for the Undergraduate Ivy
... |
| 01/09/52 |
Henry Ward Beecher once observed that nothing is orderly until man's taken ahold of it.
Everything in creation lies around loose. For the president of any
university there are many loose ends in any normal week. But Dr. William
... |
| 02/20/52 |
If you live in a small college town, and had an hour or two free in the evening, you might choose
to spend it in the library, or the student's union, or you might drop in at
the malt shop or just wander through the tree-lined pathways of the campus.
... |
| 10/31/51 |
In any well regulated college, the departments of science, medicine, mathmatics, and philosophy are
of top-drawer importance. But their special interests [caveat] the
general. The one department which is all things to all students is the
... |
| 06/22/49 |
It is co-educational and non-sectarian, and its age is indicated by the fact that, until recently,
the curriculum required two years of Greek. Ivy is All American. Its
student body is a pretty fair cross section of our country's youthful
... |
| 01/06/50 |
It is co-educational and non-sectarian, and its age is indicated by the fact that, until recently,
the curriculum required two years of Greek. Ivy is All American. Its
student body is a pretty fair cross section of our country's youthful
... |
| 05/09/51 |
It is spring. The flowers appear on the earth. The time of the singing of birds has come. And the
voice of the turtle is heard in our land. Yes, music is in the air of Ivy,
too. Victoria Cromwell Hall has been spilling cadenzas like a bird over her
... |
| 11/21/51 |
It might reasonably seem that after many years of experience the opportunities and the
importunities of a college president's life, would have become so
standardized and so repetitions that all problems could be settled by
... |
| 07/05/50 |
It's Saturday afternoon, and the Ivy campus has the deserted air of a United States destroyer when
the crew is away on shore leave. But there too still on deck is Commodore
William Todhunter Hall, otherwise known as the president of Ivy, and his
... |
| 03/10/50 |
It's a little past noon, and so far it's been an ordinary day. At the home of Ivy's president, Dr.
William Todhunter Hall, and his wife, the former Victoria Cromwell of the
English theater, Dr. Hall is just entering the living room where he meets
... |
| 01/23/52 |
It's a problem with any good executive just how much authority to delegate. A top ranking official
must walk the tightrope of decision, strung between the posts of authority
and delegation. Dr. William Todhunter Hall has solved the situation rather
... |
| 12/05/51 |
It's a well known fact that the residence of Dr. William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy,
and his wife Victoria, is always open house, the keeping of which is a
minor miracle. Through circumstances beyond their control, the Halls lost
... |
| 06/07/50 |
It's an exceptionally warm, lazy, hazy, Saturday morning and most of the college staff members
who live on Faculty Row are using the sun and their free time to excellent
advantage. Professor Quincannon is trimming a hedge. Professor Warren is
... |
| 05/10/50 |
It's an old American custom that when an individual achieves pre-eminence in any particular field
prescribes to him the wisdom and clairvoyance embracing the entire field of
human activity. Thus the millionaire bobby pin manufacturer becomes an
... |
| 03/05/52 |
It's been an eventful day on the campus. Not because of the usual activities of the faculty and
student body, not because of what anybody did, but because of what one
undergraduate refused to do. His action has thrown the college into an
... |
| 04/21/50 |
It's early in the evening with the spring dusk settling over the campus and the vespers stillness
spinning its quiet web over the great oaks and maples of Faculty Row. At
the home of Dr. William Todhunter Hall, Ivy's president and his English
... |
| 02/13/52 |
It's five o'clock on a dark winter's afternoon and the campus is in a soggy state. Trees are
dripping, the ivy's drooping, and only the sturdier students are seen
sloshing along in the mud-stained snow. All of which seems to have had no
... |
| 06/28/50 |
It's graduation week at Ivy, and like every small college, it has its own traditions and customs
which will be carried out by both students and faculty. With some, it's a
time of gaiety and excitement. For others a time of tears and sadness. For
... |
| 01/24/51 |
It's morning in the household of the William Todhunter Halls, the doctor is sitting at his desk.
His wife Victoria enters to overhear the muttering that invariably seem to
accompany the president's perusal of the morning mail...
... |
| 01/31/51 |
It's one of those nights that makes home a real haven. Dr. William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy
is thankful to be home at last after a dinner meeting with the board to don
his dressing gown and slippers and join his wife Victoria before the
... |
| 06/14/50 |
It's quiet today, a day of contentment, if not fulfillment. Even the flies muffle their buzz in
respect to the general repose. But judge not according to the appearance.
In a dormitory, two students cramming for a final examination in calculus
... |
| 05/05/50 |
It's that period of watchful waiting which happens every spring between Easter vacation and final
exams. Dr. William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy, spends his days now in
careful consideration of possible results of year-end fatigue. His wife,
... |
| 01/02/52 |
It's the post-perendial period at Number One Faculty Row, post-perendial being a euphamism for, "Oh
let's let the dinner dishes go for a while." And Dr. William Todhunter
Hall, Ivy's president, sinks happily into his big leather chair for a
... |
| 06/20/51 |
Ivy's president, Dr. William Todhunter Hall, was a guest last night at a civic banquet. He went
perforce and came home persuaded. As he tells his wife Victoria, former
reigning beauty of the London stage, this morning...
... |
| 03/14/51 |
Left to itself, memory can draw a glowing portrait of the past. But when one of the characters
steps out of the frame into the present, well, that can spoil the whole
picture. At the moment, Dr. William Toddhunter Hall, president of Ivy, is
... |
| 05/02/51 |
Like millions of other citizens, the president of Ivy, Dr. William Todhunter Hall, scans each
morning paper for some little ray of hope that the world may be tottering
on the brink of sanity. As he says to his wife Victoria, former reigning
... |
| 03/19/52 |
Most institutions such as Ivy seem quickly to aquire an atmosphere of age and permanance. So much
so that it's hard to imagine the day when they were brash new infants in
the field of education. But everything good has a beginning, and Ivy's
... |
| 03/31/50 |
Music, as we all know, has always played a large part in college life, and most college presidents
enjoy it in all its forms, from the students Wiffenpoof Song, thru
Beethoven's Ninth, right up to that most musical of all sounds, the rustle
... |
| 07/12/50 |
Night has descended upon the Ivy Campus. The athletes have surreptitiously stubbed out their last
cigarettes of the day. The weary professors have settled down with their
Restoration novels -- or gone to Western movies. The Kappas, and the
... |
| 11/07/51 |
On Halloween, by old tradition, evil spirits are allowed to roam the earth after dark and hold high
revel until the stroke of midnight when the chimes usher in the Christian
festival of All Saints. As in most places, the inhabitants of Ivy are not
... |
| 01/30/52 |
On almost any campus, Saturday morning is the occasion for late rising, eager preparation
for various forms of violent relaxation, and assorted escapes from academic
confinement. Dr. William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy, also appreciates
... |
| 04/16/52 |
One of the most important qualifications of an executive is the ability to make decisions. This is
not always easy, as Dr. William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy has just
been reminded. So it was with a good deal of thought and consideration
... |
| 12/26/51 |
Presidents of colleges normally spend their days coping with complexities which would unseat
the reason of lesser men. Well, Dr. William Todhunter Hall, president of
Ivy College, is able to maintain his serenity because Number One Faculty
... |
| 05/14/52 |
Running a college is a serious responsibility, entailing as it does the care and mental feeding
of some hundreds of future citizens. It is therefore a happy and
therapeutic event when its president, in this case Dr. William Todhunter
... |
| 04/30/52 |
Sadly enough there are people who make a dubious living from trumped-up lawsuits, professional
litigants. There are also professional witnesses who, for $15 or so, will
swear to the sun rising in the west. Professional bondsmen and other
... |
| 02/28/51 |
Second perhaps on the list of well known presidents who play the piano is William Todhunter Hall,
president of Ivy College. He never was nor will be of concert calibre but
his journeyman knowledge of Bach, Berlin, Brahms, Beethoven, and Jellyroll
... |
| 11/14/51 |
Some people can go out for an evening simply because they want to go out, and with no apologies to
anyone. But Dr. William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy, who takes his
responsibilities and obligations quite seriously, feels that taking his
... |
| 06/04/52 |
Somebody once observed that a letter is an unannounced visitor and the Postman is thus the agent
of impolite surprises. Well, it looks as though Dr. William Todhunter Hall
is going to have a lot of epistolary company this morning when his wife
... |
| 03/03/50 |
Spring came to Ivy a few days ago, and in spring, as we all know, a young man's fancy lightly turns
to thoughts of love, just as it does in summer, and autumn, and in winter.
Sometimes it doesn't turn lightly at all but with a resounding crash, and
... |
| 06/23/49 |
Starts with a man talking to Don Quinn about colleges for his son...
Dr Hall - Gale Gordon
Vicki - Edna Best
... |
| 05/30/51 |
The Hounds of Spring are yapping merrily at Ivy's president, Dr. William Todhunter Hall. Their
happy barking announces that summer, as Chaucer so quaintly put it, is
"a-comin' in" and that the academic year is "a goin' out." Relishing the
... |
| 03/24/50 |
The President of Ivy College has a residence on the campus that is known to the student body
naturally enough as the Power House. And here are the powers themselves,
Dr. William Todhunter Hall ans his wife Victoria, a former glittering
... |
| 04/18/51 |
The annual theatrical production of the Antoneum is only a few weeks away. So far, against all
tradition, there's been no announcement about what play they're doing. It's
unthinkable, of course that they should not do "The Important of Being
... |
| 05/17/50 |
The campus has taken on an air of serenity and peace. There are no whistling students nor singing
co-eds on the streets. All is quiet because final exams are on and the
college year is almost over. Dr. William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy,
... |
| 10/17/51 |
The fall semester being well under way, Ivy's president, Dr. William Todhunter Hall can steal a few
moments now and then to dip into a magazine or scan a newspaper. With an
educator, of course, who should maintain at least a nodding acquaintance
... |
| 06/11/52 |
The final weeks of any college semester are crowded ones, and Dr. William Todhunter Hall,
president of Ivy has just put in a strenuous day at his office and returns
home to Number One Faculty Row, and his wife Victoria with gratitude and
... |
| 10/24/51 |
The first few weeks of every new college season more or less resemble a shake-down trip on a newly
launched cruiser. Faculty and students must learn their battle stations.
Also it's a good thing to know how to approach the big guns, and for the
... |
| 10/11/50 |
The inimitable Dr. Johnson once observed that "there must be a time in which every man trifles, And
the only choice that nature offers us to trifle in company or alone." Dr.
William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy, has made his choice. He prefers
... |
| 02/03/50 |
The last class the day has been dismissed and both students and faculty are relaxing. In the home
of Dr. William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy, and his wife, formerly a
shining light of the London stage. Dr Hall is lying on the couch and Mrs.
... |
| 03/07/51 |
The lull between Christmas and Easter, between the hibernation basketball and the awakening of
baseball can be a period of acute concern to a college president. Thus the
unnatural calm which pervades the Ivy campus is a matter of warped
... |
| 03/26/52 |
There's a contagious disease spreading around the college these days, and you don't have to be
a doctor to recognize the symptoms. A wandering eye, the listless manner,
and the unwonted eagerness and rejoicing with which the dismissal bell is
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| 05/21/52 |
This evening Dr. William Todhunter Hall is attending a Board of Governor's meeting leaving his wife
Victoria to preside at Number One Faculty Row. It's still early and Mrs.
Hall has found the right book and the right chair and is well prepared to
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| 05/31/50 |
This is a most important night for Ivy and few realize it more than its president Dr. William
Todhunter Hall. In twenty minutes, Dr. Hall and his wife, the former
Victoria Cromwell of the London stage, will leave for a meeting where he
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| 10/18/50 |
To judge by the heap of unfinished business on the desk of Dr. William Toddhunter Hall, president
of Ivy, college is a going concern. Mrs. Hall, the former Miss Victorial
Cromwell of the London stage tactfully interrupts him at his desk which is
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| 03/17/50 |
Today is the windiest day of the windiest month of the year here at Ivy. It's also the day chosen
by the members of Ivy's Board of Governors for their quarterly meeting.
Let those that will make the most of this coincidence. Ivy's president,
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| 01/13/50 |
We suppose most people regard a college president, when they happen to think of him at all, as a
man concerned only with scholarly matters, such as a fat endowment or a new
football stadium. This is a profound misconception. In most respects,
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| 05/24/50 |
When a college student with a flair for literature or economics graduates into a high salaried
position which utilizes his natural talents, he's honored and acclaimed.
But when a college athlete, endowed with swift coordination and physical
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| 09/27/50 |
When a student manages to distinguish himself in any field, usually one of the first persons
contacted for a statement is the president of his college. That's because
under normal conditions this learned head is supposed to know all about the
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| 03/12/52 |
When one thinks of a college president, it's got to be in terms of mortar board, academic gowns,
and a portentous harried individual pouring over lists of the wealthy
alumni for some untapped vein of gold and endowments. This is a caricature,
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| 02/27/52 |
When the endowments lag behind, boards of governors are quite justified in trimming their sails
to the prevailing financial zephyrs, which is what Ivy's governing board
did at a budget meeting last night. As a result of which, Dr. William
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| 04/25/51 |
William Todhunter Hall is an erudite man. Nobody's ever questioned that fact. He's always prided
himself on the fact that most of the quotable quotes from the literature of
the world are at his fingertips and on the tip of his tongue. On this
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| 05/23/51 |
William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy, is no alarmist. But after his wife Victoria spent a
couple of days living on aspirin and fruit juices and still felt the
miseries, he called the doctor. The diagnosis was quick, if ambiguous, the
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| 06/13/51 |
With the student body and the faculty of Ivy College in the grip of final examinations, and the
administrative chores of the academic year completed, Dr. William Todhunter
Hall has found an idle hour or so to reaquaint himself with a small volume
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| 04/14/50 |
You know many people think of a college president who spends most of his time worrying about his
school's financial situation. Now, this is a profound misconception. A
college president does not worry about money most of the time. He worries
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| 04/09/52 |
You know, many a man takes his wife a box of candy or a bunch of flowers on occasion,
but the occasion is usually a birthday or anniversary. It's a rare husband
indeed who takes his wife a bunch of violets simply because it's spring and
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