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...drugs though they by now are old-hat and clearly must be consigned to the basic foundation of College scandals, in 1963 were only beginning to intrude upon the consciousness of college officials. But intrude they did, and in May President Pusey fired Timothy Leary and his colleague Richard Alpert for giving drugs to an undergraduate after the two experimenters had explicitly guaranteed the University they would not use College students in their experiments...
Morally supported by many friends among the 100 people gathered in the walk-down nightclub. Alpert casually discussed psychedelie "Inner space" and his experiences in the practice of "going out of your mind to get into your head...
...Alpert said that taking psychedelie drugs could be dangerous, but that one shouldn't be afraid of them. He compared the "adventure" of the journey into inner-space is flying a plane. Just as a pilot must know how to land as well as how to take off. Albert explained a drug user must know how to "re-enter his mind once he has left...
...addition to performing at the Vanguard, Alpert, together with Timothy Leary, a co-worker at Harvard, have started a Wednesday night question and answer session at the Hotel Albert. He said that the first session last week was so well-attended that 100 people were turned away...
...Alpert described his chief motivations for taking to the stage...