Word: felted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...position taken on the Strike was that the New College would seek to strengthen the Harvard community's involvement in the Strike and in the intellectual issues bearing directly or indirectly upon it. It was felt that to bring about an "improved state of being" would be more effective than submitting demands for the restructuring of the old Harvard. Throughout these discussions, there was a strong feeling that something very desirable was happening to people's consciousness as a result of the Strike...
...decision to clear the building is concerned, I should make clear that everyone involved in reaching that conclusion felt sadness and dread at the thought of the use of police within Harvard Yard. However, I remain convinced that, all things considered, there was no real alternative. Many members of the Harvard community--perhaps a majority at present--do not share that conviction. But I should like to explain the considerations which finally determined the move in the hope that they will at least be carefully considered by everyone arguing about...
...talking the occupiers out" that too would have had to be carefully exploited. But the demands as such were non-negotiable, in the literal sense of offering no basis for discussion; and the temporary occupants of University Hall had made clear to me and to others that they felt "the time for talking is over...
Time to Learn. Rough Rock was the first such beolta, and it won such enthusiastic support among the Navahos that Roessel and tribal leaders felt encouraged to try the next step. They got a $457,000 grant from OEO to start the community college in a borrowed building. They got $200,000 more from tribal funds, and $60,000 from the William H. Donner Foundation...
Then I looked up and saw the stars. Staring ahead of me again, I felt a bit relieved. The forest appeared: a nearly luminescent white earth, gigantic black trees spreading out before me like prison bars. I looked for the rest of the group, and slowly each of the five came into view. They were walking quickly. And no two of them walked together. I followed. I was frightened by the isolation. This forest in the middle of nowhere at midnight Saturday night. These people stalking through the snow, each man to himself. But I wouldn't let myself think...