Word: cannot
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...abstract imagery of geometric shapes and drips of paint in most of the works at the museum frees the art from connotations of material aspects of culture. The monumental size of the paintings gives them inescapable presence. Once in the room, the viewer cannot change the channel-he must look. The power of an undiluted red surface with stripes of white on each end by Barnett Newman stretches beyond the viewer's field of vision if he stands close. To see the whole he must stand back. By their sheer size the paintings scream for recognition, protesting the decreasing space...
...University wishes, insofar as it can, to handle this demonstration as a purely internal University matter. At the same time, we cannot accept the continuation of this or any other obstructive demonstration." he said...
...University yesterday called the demand illegally discriminatory and out of proportion to the 9.3 per cent non-white population listed for Boston and Cambridge in the 1960 census. Harvard does not have the power to demand a quota, the University added, because it cannot interfere with the practice of outside contractors on projects already underway...
...Harvard cannot promise a 20 per cent figure now, because the promise cannot be performed. Harvard does not control the hiring or construction projects or the conditions imposed by labor unions ... in addition, men with the necessary skills are not presently available. They can be trained, and the University is energetically supporting training programs...
Dave Scanlon (190) hurt his back in practice Monday, but will probably start. If he cannot, sophomore Jim Cain (177) will be forced to move up to the heavier weight group...