Word: ad
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Martian Invaders. Seymour's election was noteworthy in another sense. Traditionally, ad-agency heads have come, as did Strouse, from the ranks of account executives. But Seymour emerged from the world of radio-TV, and had already had a successful 15-year career as performer, producer and director before he switched. He began as a radio announcer in Boston after graduation from Amherst ('35), soon moved to New York and network broadcasting. Seymour was the announcer who, in Orson Welles's famous 1938 radio drama, "War of the Worlds," terrified listeners with realistic bulletins on Martian invaders...
...with," said the Israeli Defense Minister, "it helps if you can arrange to fight against Arabs." Lyndon Johnson personally sent a black eyepatch to General Westmoreland. Nasser quit, but Levi Eshkol refused to accept his resignation. At week's end, the New York Times ran a full-page ad for Israel's El Al Airlines: VISIT ISRAEL AND SEE THE PYRAMIDS...
...voices of discontent claim that students suffer from gaps in the curriculum, from boring and conventional teaching methods, and from the lack of an effective voice in school policy decisions. Dissatisfaction came to a head in February of 1966 when several ad hoc groups formed to agitate for specific reforms. A group of thirty students asked for two supplementary non-credit seminars on group process and social change, and their request was granted by Dean Sizer. A smaller group began its own study of the problems of urban education, a crucial area which they felt the school was ignoring...
...group published a course evaluation book last fall which has sparked much debate. The book collated student comments and criticisms, and then offered the faculty members the opportunity to reply in print. The question of course evaluation was again raised by a student faculty panel discussion, and by an ad hoc committee which recommended changes in the grading system. Initiative came from both faculty and students for the creation of an independent student-faculty committee on instruction to continue to discuss teaching evaluation, curriculum changes and grading...
Students made their most effective showing before the Visiting Committee from the Board of Overseers in April. An ad hoc committee, with members from all Design departments, had gathered student criticisms and suggested reforms into a well-reasoned and comprehensive assessment of the school. Such a longterm analysis had never before been presented by the students, and the Visiting Committee was impressed with the display of organization and consensus...