Word: americans
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Theory of Price Controls, Economics and the Art of Controversy, American Capitalism, and The Great Crash 1929--reveal a broad interest in current social and economic issues and a highly imaginative approach. The Affluent Society, his latest, has been an amazing success since its publication in May. He finished this book last September and embodied the data in his Soc Sci 134 lectures. This year Galbraith is interested in the theory of organization, is exploring the subject in his Soc Sci lectures, and may eventually come up with another book, but "a technical book, definitely not a best-seller...
...drive is conducted by PBH in conjunction with the Cambridge Chapter of the American National Red Cross. Because of PBH's participation in their blood program, the Cambridge Red Cross supplies free blood in time of need to any student enrolled in divisions of the University located in Cambridge or to members of his family...
Harvard achieved early dominance in the teaching of public speaking in the United States. The first speech professorship in this country, the Boylston Professorship of Rhetoric and Oratory, was created here in the early Nineteenth Century. After a distinguished beginning, speech training fell into academic disrepute among American colleges. This loss of prestige was caused by the rise of the "elocutionary movement," which stressed speech delivery and overlooked content...
...indeed time that the University regarded speech training as a legitimate field of study. No one at Harvard wants a situation comparable to that of most American universities where there are a multitude of speech courses and an undergraduate major in the subject. But the study of speech could be a beneficial part of many undergraduates' curricula. Courses should be offered in the techniques of group problem-solving, dramatic interpretation, the analysis of argument, mass persuasion, and rhetorical theory...
Harvard's voice has been heard in the only forum representing American students to the nation and the world. It is unfortunate that the Student Council has now chosen to withdraw into Ivy League isolationism. Paul E. Sigmund Jr. Teaching Fellow in Government International Vice-President, USNSA...