Word: contentions
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Intensive discussions were held as to the content of the course, how it would be run, and what the goals of the course would be. The group held meetings which were intended to be "samples" of typical section meetings; the group discussed and criticized them to determine the flows of discussion that might take place...
Through the summer, many ideas for the content and organization of the course were forwarded, and only after long discussion were any final decisions reached. A great deal of reading was done by members of the seminar to filter through and select the appropriate list of books and articles...
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...SHORT LIFE, Social Relations 148 has raised important educational issues for Harvard, and indeed, for many American colleges. These issues spring not so much from the course's content as from its structure. They are issues which should be discussed and debated publicly, not resolved in a stop-gap fashion for this course alone...
...some areas, the token integration that the civil rights laws left was enough. Negroes were content to be able to vote, even if their vote was accepted reluctantly. They were willing, for a while, to ride the busses, even though hostile stares greeted them. Jobs given reluctantly were a little better than none at all. Half a share of American Life would not be satisfactory as a permanent solution, but perhaps it would do for several years...