Word: clubs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When this assessment was presented to Senator McCarthy he nodded agreement. "That's the way they talk down at the Harvard Club." He looked up at the CRIMSON reporter, smiled slightly and added, "or at M.I.T." "It's almost as if they wanted me to be a demagogue." he continued, "after they've been trying to get away from demagoguery all these years...
...PEOPLE seriously interested in activist politics at Harvard quickly see that Young Democrats is simply not for them," Executive Committee member Steven Kelman '70 said recently. "Instead of presenting a consistent democratic ideology, the club is a circus of speakers and politically meaningless administrative meetings which frequently explode into personal quarrels," Kelman said...
...over a third this year. Instead the problem is what to do with the masses who sign up each year. Most of them are attracted by the list of big-name speakers traditionally offered. And it is just this tradition that has led to the eventual decline of the club, one critic postulated...
...past, with an impressive speaker program, the club seemed successful. But this year, with only three poorly atended lectures, it became apparent that the program masked a real lack of political activity. A speaker program would seem justified only if it presents a consistent viewpoint and some workable ideas to effect it, not just a hodge-podge of names brought here simply to make money for the club," he explained...
...difficulties lie deeper than just interesting these "ultra-super nominalists" in meaningful political activity. One disillusioned Executive Committee member blamed the club's impotence on those who view the organization as a stepping stone for future political careers. "They range from pseudo-new-Leftists in grey flannel suits to those who would be in SDS, but are too timid to affiliate with it for fear of hurting their budding political careers," he said. "Reluctant to voice any effective platform, they present a generalized liberal view centered entirely around elections, with no conception of extra-political social means of bringing about...