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The Halls of Ivy — 1951

41 episodes broadcast in 1951.

January 3, 1951 Professor Barrette's Play partial Listen (MP3, 64kbps)
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After seven years of labor, Professor Barrette has produced a play that is, by all accounts, terrible -- and no one at Ivy wants to be the one who breaks the news.
January 10, 1951 (untitled) thin
January 17, 1951 (untitled) thin
January 24, 1951 The Goya Bequest rich Listen (MP3, 64kbps)
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At the center of this broadcast is a Goya painting whose donor is suspected of having falsified its value to sidestep U.S. customs duties. Ronald Colman himself supplied the script -- one of his rare writing credits for the series -- and used the closing announcement that night to gently rib his own handiwork.
January 31, 1951 Professor Warren's Retirement partial Listen (MP3, 64kbps)
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Long-serving Professor Warren surprises the campus with news of his retirement from Ivy College.
February 7, 1951 (untitled) thin
February 14, 1951 Dr. Hall Resigns? thin
February 21, 1951 Calhoun Gaddy thin Listen (MP3, 48kbps)
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February 28, 1951 The French Scholarship partial Listen (MP3, 48kbps)
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Also logged as "English Visitors," the episode concerns a French scholarship at Ivy College.
March 7, 1951 Eddie Gray's Wedding thin Listen (MP3, 64kbps)
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March 14, 1951 His Fathers Image thin Listen (MP3, 64kbps)
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March 21, 1951 (untitled) thin
March 28, 1951 Night Club Singer thin
April 4, 1951 Student Vandalism and the Draft thin
April 11, 1951 (untitled) thin
April 18, 1951 Romiette and Julio partial Listen (MP3, 64kbps)
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The campus Athenaeum Club sets its sights on a theatrical production billed, with more enthusiasm than accuracy, as "Romiette and Juliet."
April 25, 1951 Note the Quote thin Listen (MP3, 48kbps)
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May 2, 1951 Champ Waterfield partial Listen (MP3, 64kbps)
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A live restaging of an earlier script, performed before an audience in Washington, D.C., on the occasion of the show's receiving the George Foster Peabody Award the previous week.
May 9, 1951 Gloria Golightly thin Listen (MP3, 48kbps)
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May 16, 1951 The Eleventh Comandment thin
May 23, 1951 Cooks Night Out thin Listen (MP3, 64kbps)
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May 30, 1951 Finals Day Award thin Listen (MP3, 64kbps)
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June 6, 1951 Vicky and the New Professor's Wife thin
June 13, 1951 Finals Season thin Listen (MP3, 48kbps)
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June 20, 1951 Pork Barrel Politics thin Listen (MP3, 64kbps)
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June 27, 1951 Commencement thin
September 26, 1951 (untitled) thin
October 3, 1951 Adoption thin Listen (MP3, 48kbps)
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October 10, 1951 Editorial in the Ivy Bull thin Listen (MP3, 48kbps)
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October 17, 1951 Student Council Election thin Listen (MP3, 64kbps)
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October 24, 1951 Mrs. Why? thin Listen (MP3, 48kbps)
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October 31, 1951 Football Coach partial Listen (MP3, 48kbps)
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Logged simply as the season's Halloween program; the Haendiges log preserves no further plot detail beyond the title, "Football Coach."
November 7, 1951 Halloween partial Listen (MP3, 48kbps)
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The Haendiges log labels this broadcast the season's Halloween program, without further plot detail beyond the title.
November 14, 1951 The Late Student thin Listen (MP3, 48kbps)
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November 15, 1951 Don Quinn Interview thin Listen (48Kbps MP3, 48kbps)
November 21, 1951 The Minister's Son partial Listen (MP3, 32kbps)
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Also logged as "Reverend Jarvis Seeks Help," the episode brings a minister to the Halls in need of assistance.
November 28, 1951 Professor Warren's Romantic Folly thin Listen (MP3, 24kbps)
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December 5, 1951 Calhoun Gaddy's Agricultural Development partial Listen (MP3, 64kbps)
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An enterprising student's plan to establish a cooperative farm on college land leaves the Ivy trustees anything but pleased.
December 12, 1951 Professor Royce Returns thin Listen (MP3, 64kbps)
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December 19, 1951 The Snowman thin Listen (VBR MP3, 32kbps)
December 26, 1951 Sweet Sorrow partial Listen (MP3, 64kbps)
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Also logged as "Dramatic Club Try-Outs," the campus dramatic club holds auditions.
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