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...lack of "fundamental ferment in the humanities" at most universities. According to Sizer, "too much university scholarship in the humanities is sterile and out of touch with our culture...
...road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action." The time has passed, said Hines, when Christians can retreat within their ecclesiastical for tress to recite prayers and polish brass. "The church is caught up today in the throes of a worldwide convulsion, the basic ferment of which is the thrust for freedom and dignity and hope on the part of the little people of the world. The church as an agent of God's reconciling love cannot survive this revolution as an observer...
HENRY ADAMS: THE MAJOR PHASE, by Ernest Samuels. The end volume of an imposing life and literary history that penetrates the cynicism of Adams' later years and traces the emotional and cerebral ferment that resulted in the austere Education and the moving Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres...
COLD FRIDAY, by Whittaker Chambers. A reflective book of essays written after the stormy Hiss trials. Included are a vivid picture of intellectual ferment at Columbia in the early '30s, studies on Communism, and warm, charming pastorals inspired by life at the author's Maryland farm where most of the book was written...
...even as the war heated up, the political ferment in Saigon was calming down. Tensions were eased by the departure of Lieut. General Tran Thien Khiem, the professional coup plotter and former member of South Viet Nam's ruling triumvirate who went into exile last week. Ousted by Premier Khanh in response to the wishes of Air Commodore Nguyen Cao Ky and his clique of young officers, Khiem departed Saigon at midweek. It was a lachrymose leavetaking. Tears gleamed in the eyes of General Duong Van ("Big") Minh as he bussed Khiem on both cheeks, and Khiem himself...