Word: bans
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Msgr. McGlinchey based his stand on religious principles, the action was both his privilege and duty. But there is no such excuse for Dr. Dennis Haley, Boston's Superintendent of School, who not only praised the ban, but that going steady "robs the youngster of one of the finer experiences of growing up--the friendship and companionship of as wide a circle of acquaintances of both sexes as possible." This argument was stated more succinctly by Harvard sociologist George C. Homans who said, "A man gets a much better education playing the field...
Four members of the Social Relations department attacked yesterday the ban on "going steady" which was imposed last week on students at St. Mary's High School in Lynn by its principal, Msgr. Joseph McGlinchey. The faculty members here disagreed on the merits of "going steady," however...
Altman felt that the whole drive against illegal parking might be a scheme to get more people to rent local garages. "Most cities ban overnight parking so that they can sweep the streets and remove snow more easily," he said, "but Cambridge doesn't seem to do either of these very often...
George C. Homans '32, professor of Sociology, affirmed that he dislikes "any official ban like this," although he disapproved "thoroughly" of the steady dating practice. He declined to guess whether "going steady" has a harmful effect on morals, as Msgr. McGlinchey contended, but felt "a man gets a much better education by playing the field...
Last November President Eisenhower's Committee on Government Contracts, which seeks to wipe out discrimination in companies doing business with the Government, called together the presidents of eleven airlines. Some of them readily admitted the ban on Negro flight personnel, but promised to eliminate it gradually. Last week's statement was one of the first big steps in this direction...