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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When Quaker William Penn arrived in Philadelphia to begin his "holy experiment" in government, he made a peace treaty with his Indian neighbors and planned to get along without an army or navy. His colony did so for 73 years, until its Quaker-dominated legislature voted funds in 1755 for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Departing Friends | 10/9/1950 | See Source »

It is mostly a matter of size and to some extent probably a matter of local culture, but a Columbia student tried a certain stunt once as an experiment, first in his own New York, and then again in Cambridge, where he was visiting on the occasion of a football...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Columbia Has New York and Eisenhowr . . . Lacks Spirit and Ivy League Atmosphere | 10/7/1950 | See Source »

All of this set the college to wondering what the eventual outcome of the G. S. experiment will be. It can no longer masquerade as adult education, and is on its way to becoming another college, or part of the original one. Earlier this year, director Louis M. Hacker announced...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: General Studies School 'for Adults' Poses Some Problems | 10/7/1950 | See Source »

Meanwhile officials hope that the opening of the center will encourage new gifts so that they can reach their quotas. However, they admit that people are less interested in and less likely to give to a finished project. It lacks some of the excitement of an experiment -- like the Graduate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fund Raising Lags, But Bills Are Paid | 10/6/1950 | See Source »

Borden F. Beck, Jr. '45 3L Secretary to the Union, announced yesterday that last year's experiment with an elected group proved so successful that the administration decided to try the system again this year. Before 1949, the Council was an appointed body.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yardlings Get Ready For Council Elections | 9/27/1950 | See Source »

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