Word: elements
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Epps also entertains an active interest in student political movements which he feels the University should allow a maximum of flexibility. He is specifically concerned with political organizations such as SDS which he says has become an important element in Harvard's present make-up. As for the University's approach to racial questions, Epps says that Harvard is in the difficult position of having to promote integration and afford students as much liberty as possible at the same time. The problem was illustrated last year, Epps says, when a number of Freshman Negroes were told by their proctor that...
...Committee issued one of its rare "policy resolutions" yesterday, after sub-committee wranglings, weeks of discussion, and consultation with the Faculty. What the HPC recommended--a free fifth course for all undergraduates, with the option of having it graded just "pass" or "fail"--is exciting. It would add another element to a Harvard education: gambling...
...back!" the President shouted to Secret Service men restraining the multitude of Mexicans. "Get off that side of the car!" The crowd surged forward, and once again Lyndon Johnson was in his true element, in high gear and high spirits, greeting and meeting the crowds in Mexico City on his first visit to a foreign capital in the 29 months since he became Chief Executive...
...evidence is everywhere the eye lights, the ear listens, the commentator prowls, or the station wagon travels. If there is anything left of the Puritan tradition, it is hard to detect. Perhaps its strongest remaining element is what sociologists call the "work ethic." Executives and businessmen seem to work harder than ever (and certainly harder than the average union members), and so do students, whatever their other diversions. At the same time, thrift is no longer a virtue-it is, in fact, nearly subversive-pleasure is an unashamed good, leisure is the general goal and the subsidized life, from Government...
...China and in favor of universal membership in the U.N., the University of California's Robert A. Scalapino also rejected the arguments that the U.S. should not be fighting in Viet Nam. "By virtue of its strength and resources," he said, "the U.S. cannot escape from a powerful element of unilateralism, and I see no point in naively or romantically railing against this fact." Nonetheless, he urged the Administration to allow itself "a broad range of policy alternatives" in Southeast Asia. "If we continue to live by the all-or-nothing philosophy-either...