Word: doubtfully
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...number was 750. As a result, some clubs will not be able to fill their rolls and will have to draw on their reserve finances or fold. Sensing this, many old grad clubmen have been trying to use some of their influence to keep the clubs alive. No doubt some of the clubs will last indefinitely. Several have huge endowments, larger than many colleges. But running a large house and keeping a squad of servants is becoming more and more expensive...
...past year the opposition to the club system has become more constructive. Its tone has changed from anti-Bicker to pro-social alternatives, From a blind, vindictive thrashing has come something that resembles a new system. At first, no doubt, it will be chaotic. In February there will be Bickering clubs, open clubs, University clubs, and the quad -- all claiming over 100 new members...
Neatly reversing his field, Mr. Dirksen accused his onetime ally in the White House of doing too little "to exploit" diplomatic opportunities for peace. There is no doubt that Mr. Dirksen is correct. Several times in the past two years--most notably during the Tet truce in early 1967--President Johnson has spurned what appeared to be enemy peace talk overtures. It should be recalled, of course, that in February, President Johnson's refusal to trigger talks by stopping the bombing was supported by Senator Dirksen...
There was no doubt about the guilt of the boys involved. The parents of one had reported to Cheseboro that the boys were pooling weekly allowances to buy pot. Confronted by their head master, all confessed, and all 14 were sent packing. Six other "peripheral" users were placed on probation...
Peterson calls the docket system "a kind of quota based on the excellence of the boys involved." While it no doubt favors such places as Exeter and Andover, Peterson believes that "Harvard should maintain a Yankee flavor, and besides, schools like these were themselves selective in choosing their students." Dana M. Cotton, the senior member of the admissions committee with 23 years under his belt, points out that Exeter and Andover are not supplying as many Harvard students as they used to, "which the headmasters there understand but which is difficult to explain to a parent who sent...