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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Combining the elections of the Permanent Committee and the Class Day Committee is not as difficult as it might seem. The first twelve men would compose the Permanent Class Committee, with the next two going to the Class Day group. For the rest of the positions each House and Dudley would send its remaining top man. Adoption of the plan would improve the composition and efficiency of the Class Day Committee without needlessly altering the selection of Permanent Class representatives...
This, it seems to us, is where the Army of the United States has set foot on a difficult and dangerous road. What in effect is the army saying to men who may be captured in the future? Is it not forcing them to consider two impossible choices: one of a standard of conduct impossibly noble under the terrible circumstances of capture, or the other of death in battle rather than the risk of failing to measure up to such a standard? Such a choice as this is not only hard on morale. It is an immoral...
...decide is not a common attribute of mankind. It becomes increasingly rare as the difficulty of the problems increases. The choice becomes one between courses all of which are hard and dangerous. The "right" one, if there is a right one, is quite apt to be the most immediately difficult one. There are always persuasive advocates of opposing courses. "On the one hand" balances "on the other." The problem itself becomes the enemy...
...impose a program of General Education on a liberal arts student body may create many problems along the way, but it is not intrinsically as difficult as to impose one on undergraduates whose fields of study vary as widely as at Cornell...
...solution to such a problem is difficult. In the Federal Courts, where Lattimore will be tried, an ordinary case may take several years to find its way onto the docket. But in these times, for a man to go several years under the label of Red is enough to brand him for life. In extraordinary cases, however, a speed-up in the courts is possible. The Administration is currently making campaign capital of its efforts to ferret out communism. Some of this efficiency should be used to bring the accused to a quick trial...