Word: beginnings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Persuasive Fulton Sheen would like to introduce modern man to God by way of St. Thomas Aquinas' famed five proofs from reason of God's existence, but he feels that many a harassed, scatterbrained modern man may be "too confused to grasp them." So Author Sheen begins his book where the readers of self-improvement volumes seem to feel most at home: the realm of psychology. "If the modern soul," he writes, "wants to begin its quest for peace with its psychology instead of with our own metaphysics, we will begin with psychology ... If the modern man wants...
...July 17, the Salzburg Seminar in American Studies will begin its third summer session in Austria with a faculty of 12 American professors and a Student body of about 100 men and women from almost every country in Europe. A staff of six undergraduates and several faculty wives will take care of the administration of the school...
...applicant's race, religion, color or national origin. Under the measure a commission would be set up to investigate all discriminatory practices in schools and colleges; after complaint by an aggrieved person, or when the Commission Chairman "has reason to believe that there is discrimination," the body could begin its investigation. If discrimination were discovered, the Superior Court would then have the power to issue cease and desist orders...
...Proceeds from this forum will go to the Harvard Law School Fund. This fund has been set up to raise money for the Law School's five new dormitories and for scholarships. Construction of the new buildings will begin in June...
Third, building up the Houses as centers for the interaction of ideas. House committees and masters might begin to set up the suggested "bull and beer" discussion groups this Spring as a starter. Locating tutorial and certain classes in the Houses seems worthwhile, but it will take longer to put into effect...