Word: citizenships
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...grounds of principle, there is absolutely no reason why women, who have secured to themselves virtually all the rights of citizenship, should not be also subject to its obligations. Mrs. Mildred McAfee Horton, wartime commander of the Waves and former president of Wellesley, recognized this fact in a speech she made before the Radcliffe Club of New York two months ago, urging the induction of women into the armed forces. At a time when all men are being asked to surrender for a time the amenities of civilian life, the existence of a privileged class is abhorrent...
...official educational philosophy of Vassar College "is based on the conviction that a liberal arts training at a residential college is the best educational plan yet developed for the fulfillment of individual potentialities and as preparation for useful citizenship...
...Citizenship: Joint Control...
...second sphere, that in which students have exclusive control, the organized extra-curricular activities and their budgetary control are included. A third, joint control sphere is concerned with the "obligations attendant upon the opening and closing of college and calendar days," and the broad question of "Vassar citizenship...
...serve in national groups, but will be brought to the U.S. for basic training and then sprinkled into existing units. No German nationals, no citizens of Atlantic pact or Marshall Plan countries are eligible. After five years of honorable service, each man will automatically become eligible for U.S. citizenship...