Word: conways
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...school teachers, find only a certain whimsical humor in the supposition that any sane, intelligent undergraduate would want to live outside the amenable ivy walls of their domains. They seem puzzled, and try to figure out what whims of motivation could be making certain students act so strangely. Mr. Conway, after he admits there was much pressure to live out, blandly observes that the policy of private residence was "a good thing in itself, demonstrating the values of House life." That is, everyone who lives outside the warm House walls this year will find the big world so cold...
However, John J. Conway, Master of Leverett House, defended the policy as "a good experiment, forcing the seniors to estimate the relative advantages of House and outside living...
...Conway said that there had been a lot of pressure to live out, and that last year's policy, though caused by overcrowding, was "a good thing in itself, demonstrating the values of House life...
...same two projects, Conway noted, were sponsored last year by Leverett House with money from the Ford grant. Conway said he was pleased with the results of last year's competition and dinners. "One of the submissions in the creative writing competition last year," he observed, "was part of a novel which has been submitted for publication...
...said, that just to spend the Ford money to bring prominent men to visit the House would not be so beneficial to House members as a project designed "to encourage creative writing and work in the fine arts." "In addition to giving things to members of the House," Conway said, "it is important to try to have them do things...