Word: affair
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...There is an impression abroad that religion first and last is a comforting and comfortable affair. Twentieth century Christianity has lost the stringent note. For most of us there is no cross in it, no abstinence, no subjugation of the flesh in the interests of the spirit. People are not made to feel when they look at the church and its program that Christianity is a creed for heroes or that to embrace it means 'living dangerously' . . . The man on the street has little reason to think, that Christians are a company of people committed to the turning...
...trade-ins, old models, other slow-moving stock. Even so, some merchants said that sales, as usual, were twice those of any other day in the year. The Mode men's shop reported it took in $8,500, triple usual sales. Nevertheless, Proprietor Walter Nordlinger viewed the whole affair darkly: "It's getting too big. It's becoming a monster that some day may destroy...
...Therefore, since the result of the incident became so serious, we felt that the only correct thing to do was to come forward immediately in order that, first, the University might settle the affair and thus relieve the tension which our act has placed upon it and, secondly, to show as best we can that we are deeply sorry for what we have done. We sincerely apologize for the trouble we have caused and stand ready and very willing to do all in our power to compensate for the damage we have done...
...other departments, working independently, must watch a privileged few get their ideas and procedures devised by faculty members and handed to them on a silver platter. This is especially unfair in a Social Relations thesis, where the idea and the procedural techniques are the most important elements. The affair becomes even more unsavory in the case of several students working on the same assigned project: one may simply be doing mechanical work such as adding up the results--admittedly necessary drudgery, but hardly on a level with the creative work required from the unpatronized majority...
...Union yesterday for lunch, a copy of the "Beacon" was given to me. In the upper right hand column I saw an article blasting the incident and immediately coming to the conclusion that there was "racism" at Harvard. Like the "Beacon", I was indignant concerning the entire affair. Unlike the "Beacon", In consider the matter a reflection on the ridiculous sense of humor possessed by a few students. The action of these students should not be, and has not been a regular practice of Harvard University. This incident should have been settled through the Freshman Dean's Office. The type...