Word: contacts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...high-passage virus). Happily, the vaccinated monkeys showed no signs of rubella, but developed antibody against it, while their cagemates remained free of infection. The first human testing of the vaccine was equally sensitive: the subjects had to be children with no history of rubella, and no possible contact with pregnant women...
...something in the Jewish character produced the victims' resignation to their fate, says that "death does not have for the Jew the definitive character that it has in general for other men." Part of the Jewish inaction, he suggests, was due to "a speculative intelligence, which sometimes loses contact with reality. Jewish intelligence attaches almost more importance to the manner of posing a problem and of resolving it than to the solution itself...
Upperclassmen could also facilitate the choice of majors by putting advisees into contact with students in various fields. At present, the only organized way for a freshman to hear a personal account of what it's like to major in a field like history is to attend the concentration meeting, where he hasn't much chance to ask his own personal questions. Putting him in touch with different students in the field would give him the opportunity to explore thoroughly what a history concentrator reads, writes about, and is expected to think about...
Undoubtedly the proposed change will meet with resistance. It's questionable whether upperclassmen have to live in the dorm in order for freshmen to have contact with them, since there is ample opportunity in classes and extracurricular activities for freshmen to meet older students. But many freshmen who would like to meet them don't, as the HUC's poll indicated. An alternative proposed by the Council is to have groups of juniors and seniors assigned to dorm entries. This plan would avoid the disciplinary problems that might arise with an undergraduate proctor system, and, if the "dorm affiliates" were...
...main object of both plans is to provide for freshmen informal contacts with upperclassmen in order to gain the sorts of academic and personal advice they cannot get under the present counseling method. By promoting this kind of contact and creating a new rapport the HUC's proposed plan could supplement the current proctor system...