Word: existence
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...supposing that alcohol and poverty explain Jett Rink, Hollywood unconsciously proves its point: Jett Rink cannot exist in America--he is not sure of himself, he has strange ways, he is not open. So Hollywood must wash him out. But the film's treatment of Jett is no worse than America's. America would marry Jett Rink, absorb him (and his money)--until he was domesticated and merely nouveau riche...
...promoted the University's policy of turning down classified research. Bundy has been particularly concerned with smoothing the transition from school to college and preparing Harvard for the pressures of expansion. Regarding physical growth of a university, he has said that he believes that no ideal criteria exist by which expansion can be guided, but that an institution's decisions must spring from its own particular abilities to face its peculiar problems...
...contrast to Harvard, only two groups exist on the campus, the Mask and Wig, a tweedy Hasty Pudding outfit, and the Pennsylvania Players, a half-serious dramatic group...
...curious admixture of good times, prejudice, big men on the campus, social stratification, and token interest in the academic. Fraternities not only form the bases for social life and undergraduate activities, but also are an indispensable part of the University's housing system. If fraternities did not exist, Pennsylvania could not house 900 more of its students. (Of course, the fraternities cannot house the remaining 1,1300 of its members who live in dorms, approved apartment houses, or commute...
...only one course this year for the amateur: the ever-popular Music I. The theory courses require a background, and history subjects given in the past have disappeared. Non-specialized music-lovers used to be welcome in The Symphony, Chamber Music, Bach, Madrigals and Opera, but these courses exist no longer. In a University with any kind of scope, departments such as Music should not be allowed to become ingrown...