Word: commoner
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first solution considered was that of the modern Hindu mystics, represented by the Indian philosopher Radhakrishnan, who seeks to reduce all religious concepts to a common denominator of mystical truth. But in retracting his mind from all contact wtih his senses, the Hindu fails to extract the essence of all religion, and instead attempts to find the way to essential truth through his mystical vision. Newbigin declared that men are too much caught in the concentration of life to avoid its problems by inward contemplation...
...expect tutors to use House facilities for their tutorial meetings unless they are associated with the House," Robert G. McCloskey, Chairman of the Government Department pointed out. Feeling that "an integration of tutorial and House activities is a good idea," he advocated "extending the privileges of the Senior Common Room to an increased number of tutors on a non-resident basis...
Gordon M. Fair, Master of Dunster House, denied use of the Dunster junior common room to outside groups "because it's being actively used every night" by members of the House. "The only other meeting rooms we have here are in full demand already," he added...
...House wants its junior common room turned into a public convenience beyond a certain point," Elliott Perkins '23, Master of Lowell House, stated. He pointed out that Lowell had no other suitable room. "We want to be reasonably hospitable," he added, "but we don't want to be taken over...
...opposed to the occasional use of the Eliot common room by Harvard-Radcliffe groups," John H. Finley, Jr. '25, Master of Eliot House, commented. However, he pointed out that, as a rule, he disapproves of such a practice...