Word: belief
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...when religion is stripped of these two features, when emphasis is placed instead upon the rich heritage of thought and value common to all sects, religion can be as much an intellectual discipline as law or mathematics, as much a rationally defensible belief as Freudianism or economic determinism. An alert intellectual community vibrates with the competition between these disciplines and beliefs, and religion deserves as much of a stake in this competition as the others...
...estate of the Divinity School. Yet even among those more tolerant toward, and interested in religion, many have feared that the Divinity School can only be reemphasized to the detriment of the other schools and fields. President Pusey unfortunately added fuel to this fear when he voiced his belief that "It is leadership in religious knowledge and religious experience--not increased industrial might, not more research facilities, certainly not these things by themselves--of which we now have a most gaping need...
...disagree with this priority, and hope the President's belief does not become Corporation policy. But given the poor shape of the Divinity School compared to the other Schools, emphasizing it now does not mean pushing it ahead of the others. Every School has been "emphasized" at some point in Harvard history. Continually under pressures to finance different fields, the Corporation should try to give each School, each line of research, equal opportunity in the intellectual competition. It is not encroachment to give a long-neglected school a million dollars on the condition that live neglected be raised from outside...
Person to Person (Fri. 10:30 p.m., CBS-TV) has News Commentator Edward R. Murrow carrying out his belief that television "ought to take you places" by taking televiewers into the homes of famous (or just interesting) people for an informal interview and a glance at their private lives. "This will be a relaxed show, based on curiosity," says Murrow. "It's not supposed to be the greatest thing on television." It isn't. While interesting enough, it is substandard Murrow, who sets high TV standards with his See It Now and special documentaries. From his studio armchair...
...think determines what they do...I don't care how many new lounges you put in the ladies' lounge room-or how many pensions or salary increases-the things your folks want most, you can't buy. What [they] want is dignity and confidence and belief in each other and integrity and understanding...