Word: efforts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...work from the pleasure or displeasure that it may have given him, thus ensuring that he will fit smoothly into an economic system which demands that workers respond predictably to purely economic incentives. And grades instill in the student that respect for individual achievement and corresponding disdain for group effort and cooperation which are essential to the functioning of a capitalist economy. In short, the Soc Sci 125 petition holds that the grading system stems from the needs of this country's present economic system rather than from any desire to help students themselves, and that in fact students...
However, the ROTC campaign has shown that the Corporation is not neutral. In fact, the courses which they approve, from the economics department where Marx is a dirty word, to the humanities where art is separated from reality, to the ROTC program which enlists Harvard in the Vietnam war effort, to the riot control course, are hardly neutral. These courses help maintain the status quo of American capitalism and fight those trying to change it. Must we really accept such courses in the name of "freedom," even of "academic freedom" or of "neutrality...
...impression it conveys erroneous. The matter rests with the Faculty who may choose to consider and re-consider any issue. This one currently is tabled. Many members of this community, however, are now working for a consistent and feasible resolution of the matter. Inaccurate quotations do not help this effort nor Harvard. Chase N. Peterson '52 Dean of Admissions and Financial Aids
...dance hall of the Ark, a newly opened club, is much more interesting than the Tea Party's box-like shape. Not surprisingly, the major emphasis at the Ark is on creating an elaborate and stylized fantasy environment, with the music as more a contributing than dominating factor. This effort at atmosphere is sometimes pursued a little too relentlessly but the overall result is nevertheless an interesting, sometimes fascinating, blend of modern multi-media techniques...
Initiated by M.I.T. graduate students, the protest is being honored at M.I.T., Yale, Cornell, and 30 other universities. According to William Haseltine, graduate student in biology, coordinating the March 4th effort here, the one-day research stoppage and protest was designed not only to focus attention on military use of science but also to point out a need for a "more rational basis for the development of science...