Word: extent
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Although the board of directors of the CCA is largely Democratic, its membership is to a great extent Republican. In Cambridge, however, these Republicans might have been Democrats, had not the Democratic party been largely a party controlled by Irish and Italian Catholics. An obvious parallel to the Cambridge situation is the earlier (Mayor Curleyera) Back Bay Republican reform element, which still spasmodically asserts itself in Boston politics...
...would think a science secretary would function to clarify the situation to the extent that he would be a spokesman or interpreter. That's what's needed...
...would be unfortunate if the money were to be used up on a number of little projects, which give benefit only to the few people who engage in them. To a great extent, this is what happened to the grant last year; Houses used it for painting and sculpture rooms, theatre workshops, and art prizes, which proved to be of value to an unfortunately small minority of the Houses which instituted them...
While this argument is true to a large extent, it also contains an implicit suggestion for improving both the science concentrator and the scope of the general education program. Development of upper level Nat. Sci. courses has failed to keep pace with that of lower level courses. With the exception of a half course in the history and philosophy of physics, Nat. Sci. 120, they have all been rather uninteresting and have done more to further the use of the word "gut" than any other set of courses...
Another comment, on the subject of drink was, "The main problem seems to be the outrageous extent of drinking at Cornell. We feel the only solution, which will seem completely absurd to many Cornellians, is to ban liquor at fraternities...