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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Their disillusionment with Harvard and with intellectuals in general, one suspects, dates back to the 1930's when the University provided a fair proportion of "brain-trusters" for FDR's New Deal. Yet, the sincerity of Veritas members cannot be questioned. Only strong conviction and deep concern explain the printing of Roosevelt's letter to Pusey, or his writing it in the first place; only a firm sense of patriotism can account for the large amounts of time and money spent on mailings and preparation of the 49-page documentation on Bunche's past activities...

Author: By Kenneth Auchincloss and Craig K. Comstock, S | Title: 'Veritas' Hits 'Red Infiltration' at Harvard | 5/22/1959 | See Source »

...Press, Face the Nation, et al.) regularly bring out sharper interrogation via TV networks. How many show producers courteously furnish the "quizzed" with an advance list of questions? Bishop Oxnam's innovation sounds like an intelligent and highly effective method of gaining firsthand information on matters of real concern...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, may 18, 1959 | 5/18/1959 | See Source »

...than a generation there were between 300,000 and 600,000 Christians in the country, which had only a third of its present 91.6 million population. (About half a million are now Christian.) Buddhism was in decline; people were impressed by the Jesuits' European science and their surprising concern for social morality and the sanctity of human life. The success of the new religion soon convinced Japan's feudal warlords that Jesus Christ was dangerous competition, and they went to work with social pressure, torture and slaughter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Forgotten Martyrs | 5/18/1959 | See Source »

...incur burdensome expenses by sending their children to religious schools, suffer a burdensome disadvantage which should disturb the conscience of the community . . . When Protestants-and other non-Catholics-are ready to view the school problem with sympathy for the economic predicament of a Catholic family of slender means, Protestant concern for religious freedom will be more convincing. On the other hand, there is widespread fear on the part of non-Catholics that any strengthening of the Catholic position in our society must impair the status of other groups, religious and secular. When this fear is removed, Catholics may expect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Parochial Puzzle | 5/18/1959 | See Source »

...long talk session leading to the squirrel's leap, White rather clearly delineates the opposing points of view: passivity vs. action, selfishness vs. altruism, irresponsibility vs. concern. And he does it quickly and lightly so his meaning is never a burden...

Author: By Gavin Scott, | Title: New Theatre Workshop | 5/15/1959 | See Source »

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