14. What he meant to say is “the die is cast,” in reference to Julius Caesar’s famous crossing of the Rubicon River in 49 BC.
15. A Japanese “meditation hall.” In Zen Buddhism, the zen-do is a spiritual dojo where zazen (sitting meditation) is practiced.
16. The philosophical idea that the only thing that exists and is real is what one experiences oneself. Not a flattering adjective.
17. A small classroom meeting designed not as a lecture but where each student is given a chance to speak about the assigned readings.
18. New York University, located in Manhattan. (I may study film there in graduate school for a lark.)
19. The inimitable poet and playwright William Shakespeare. When I finally have some free time, I intend to commit my favorite sonnets to memory.
20. The great Irish writer and satirist most famous for his masterpiece Gulliver’s Travels.
21. Patrick Henry, an important American revolutionary, demanded in a speech to the Virginia Convention, “Give me liberty, or give me death.”
22. Harvard’s colors!
23. The first four lines of William Wordsworth’s lovely “She Was a Phantom of Delight.”
24. A person of remarkable talent who achieves great success at an early age.
25. Learned; well educated.
26. The fairly inaccurate rifle commonly used during the colonial period and the American Revolution.
27. Covered with hair; hairy.
28. Joint sixteenth emperor of the Roman Empire. Especially remembered for his philosophical writings.
29. The great British prime minister and Nobel Prize winner.
30. See the nauseating Father Knows Best.
31. The great American humorist. See especially “The Remarkable Case of Mr. Bruhl” and “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.”
32. This is what Lyndon Johnson once said about Gerald Ford.
33. The great award-winning American actress and spiritualist.
34. Sherlock Holmes said it was most important for detectives, but it wouldn’t hurt for theatrical directors to have imaginations as well.
35. Completed in thirty-three hours and thirty minutes May 20–21, 1927, in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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