Word: anges
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Dismayed by the lack of seriousness among Harvard students, Ch'ang notes that "many children of the rich families play truant...spend their time in clubs, drinking, merry-making and indulging in orgies of debauchery...
...whole subject of girls, Ch'ang found they "are of a lower class. Noting that no girls are admitted to Harvard, Ch'ang reports there is "a separate institution for them." "Superficially" this might just look like segregation, but actually it is "discrimination against the girls...
Most students at Harvard are not able to study because, says Ch'ang, tuition is too high. Only the "children of rich families" are able to meet rising school costs, he claims. The others "often work from 4 p.m. in the afternoon straight to midnight." Ch'ang points out that "the wages they get are pitifully small...
...politics, Ch'ang feels that "American university students are ignorant in the extreme." The reason for this is that "the United States is a country full of secret agents. Political persecution is perpetrated in an endless stream." Ch'ang tells his readers that "whoever utters the slightest sound of discontent is immediately suspected as a communist...His fate is thus sealed...
...dearth" of teachers is a strong factor behind these low standards, Ch'ang decides. "Any work is better than teaching; naturally they (college professors) have no heart for teaching." This lack of desire results from "very low salaries." Many teachers are forced to become "walters, to toil as farm hands, or to act as circus clowns...