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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Msgr. Joseph A. McCaffrey's denunciation of "coddlers" and "do-gooders" as the chief contributing factors to New York's juvenile crimes [Sept. 14] seems to ignore completely the basic source of trouble. The Roman Catholic Church must accept its fair share of the responsibility. As long as the church insists on its adherents bringing children into the world regardless of their ability or prospects of providing them with decent homes, so long shall we require "more jails" to meet "force with force...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 5, 1959 | 10/5/1959 | See Source »

Back at Camp David, the last round of talks got under way as soon as he got home. Again the President laid down to Khrushchev his basic requirement of good faith: Khrushchev must make it plain that Western rights to remain in West Berlin will not be impaired, and he must remove all threats. Khrushchev at last conceded. The details: 1) Eisenhower and Khrushchev would agree in a formal communique to reopen negotiations on the future of Berlin and Germany; 2) Eisenhower would say publicly this week that Khrushchev had withdrawn all cut-off dates and time limits on Western...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Camp David Conference | 10/5/1959 | See Source »

...basic advantage of the Newton Plan lectures is that a teacher's time can be used more effectively, for if a teacher has several classes that are required to attend lectures, he is freed from the necessity of preparing an alternative class or even from attending the lecture once its constant has been determined. The time thus saved can be used by teachers for research, conference remedial work with individuals, and for teaching small discussion seminars...

Author: By George W.K. Snyder, | Title: School of Education Cooperates With Newton, Lexington, Concord To Improve Teaching Techniques | 10/3/1959 | See Source »

...Rohe. Rarely has such refinement, such tastefulness and simplicity been applied to what Frank Lloyd Wright derisively labeled, the "cereal box" style of architecture. Yet "cereal box" or no, most important modern buildings as well as those throughout the ages have used the rectangular solid as their basic form...

Author: By Ian Strasfogel, | Title: Form Givers at Mid-Century | 10/2/1959 | See Source »

...committee does recommend any basic changes in the College dining hall arrangement, such changes will probably not be made this year. Tucker emphasized that any major alterations must be approved by the Deans and the Administrative Board...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Faculty Plans Long-Range Survey Of College Dining Hall Operations | 10/1/1959 | See Source »

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