Education: The Bloomie's of Academe

Actress Diana Rigg mesmerized students at Manhattan's New School for Social Research last semester with her comments about the pitfalls of performing in the nude. Said she: "I used to make my body up because otherwise you look like a piece of old cod under the stage lights." Magician Doug Henning demonstrated scarf tricks and philosophized on how magic led him to the study of Zen. NBC Newscaster Tom Snyder arrived for class with two mobile vans and a crew of 65. He then televised all the students on the Tomorrow show.

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