Word: felted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Titcomb persuasively argues for undergraduate concentration in drama and intimates strongly his approval of professional direction and supervision in the new theater. Although he presents some arguments against both of these positions, they do not reflect quite accurately the concern felt by many undergraduates interested in theater...
...great virtue of Harvard theater is the versatility and wide range which the present fluid situation makes possible. The reason for the vast number and variety of the productions Mr. Titcomb enumerates is the freedom from imposed standards of any sort which the Harvard director now enjoys. It is felt by many that the advent of concentration in drama together with strong faculty supervision in the new theater will result in the loss of this freedom. This is why the request for continued student autonomy in productions, so churlishly and peremptorily rejected by the Faculty Committee For The New Theatre...
Although Sorokin recognized hints of the new emerging culture in fields as diverse as science, sociology, and the fine arts, he felt that its conflict with firmly entrenched traces of the old "sensate" culture could only point to more violent struggles in the future. As a result, in 1937 he was able to discount the optimistic hopes of many of his colleagues for a lasting universal peace, and instead said mankind must look forward to an age of "bigger and better wars." Sorokin noted that since that time his most severe critics have been banished...
There haven't been any requests for course reduction in the Slavic Department, according to Chairman Albert B. Lord. Lord felt that most students haven't heard of the program, and thus haven't applied...
Most of the officials felt that the new rules would do little more than reduce administrative red tape. Tutorial for credit and required departmental approval were among the reasons why they didn't expect increased undergraduate interest in the program...