Word: conscious
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...general, however, there appears to be less of what might be called conscious intellectual striving on the part of the Cornell student body, even in the Arts college, as compared with its Harvard counterpart. There is, to be as a means of gaining entrance to graduate school, but not so much on intellectual achievement for its own sake. Certain voluntary associations of students in cooperative houses, notably the Telluride Association, do emphasize intellectual ability in choosing their members and attempt to offer intellectually minded students an atmosphere of stimulation. But the existence of these groups is in itself perhaps...
While most Cornell undergraduates are distinctly conscious of the fact that they are college students and hence feel they are expected to act a certain general part, they are perhaps less concerned with how a "Cornell man" specifically should...
...announcement of Hastie's invitation to sectarian groups follows a trend of the past two years towards a more religion-conscious Phillips Brooks House. The first move in this trend came in early 1953, when the University declared the Chairman of the Board of Preachers the automatic director of P.B.H. Late the same semester, the University encountered considerable opposition from the Houses' undergraduate leaders when it named Hastie, a future cleric, to the post of Graduate Secretary...
...adolescent who found death as well as love with a hoodlum; on Philco TV Playhouse, Eva Marie Saint was convincing as another tortured girl who finally married a man old enough to be her father; on Lux Video Theater, Marilyn Erskine brought surprising authority to the role of self-conscious Catherine Sloper in The Heiress. The dozen male actors had a fine time on Studio One's Twelve Angry Men. The play, by Reginald Rose, started out with an old idea (what happens in a jury room) but turned it into a crisp and exciting melodrama. Franchot Tone...
Enrollment at UMass may very well soon equal that of midwestern state universities, but Mather contends that his college will never become as football conscious or intellectually weak as some of those institutions. His attitude toward intercollegiate football is, in fact, considerably less favorable than the Massachusetts student body and athletic staff would probably like...