Word: firstness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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JUST what are the three books that the minister and his flock have found so satanic and obscene? The first one is Hermann Hesse's Demian, first published in 1919. Hesse happens to be one of the titans of modern literature, and his fiction earned him the Nobel Prize in 1946. Demian is the deeply probing tale of an adolescent's passage through various stages of spiritual turmoil to a final self-realization under the influence of a slightly older and rather mysterious friend and guide. There is an overlay of symbolism and surrealism, and a Jungian concern with...
...work is beautifully written, and is generally recognized as a masterpiece. As another Nobel laureate, Thomas Mann, wrote: "The electrifying influence exercised on a whole generation just after the First World War by Demian ... is unforgetable. With uncanny accuracy this poetic work struck the nerve of the times and called forth grateful rapture from a whole youthful generation who believed that an interpreter of their innermost life had risen from their own midst." The novel's appeal has continued over the years, and it speaks (as do other Hesse novels, particularly Steppenwolf and Siddhartha ) with especial force to today...
...resorted to the peaceful occupation of University Hall last Thursday to dramatize its commitment to the demands it presented the University almost a month ago. The black students swift decision to break off negotiations with University representatives and resort to militant demonstrations on Thursday may appeal ill-considered at first, but their actions were justified by the University's apparent inflexibility in responding to OBU's first demands...
...University has contended first of all that setting the minimum number of minority workers at 20 per cent would be discriminatory since the proportion of non white workers in the metropolitan area work force falls far short of that figure. OBU disputes the Administration figure, but even if Afro were over-estimating the minority group percentage, their demand would still be legitimate. Tired reservations about "reverse discrimination" are insufficient excuse for not making every possible effort to assist minority group people in their effort to overcome the immense burdens which American society imposes upon them...
...action Thursday was the first time any University officer had invoked the power of temporary suspension, which was authorized by the Faculty at its September 30 meeting. A memorandum of understanding submitted by the Subcommittee of Six to Dean Ford last month stated that "the purpose of temporary suspension is to provide means, stronger than mere warnings but less severe than action by civil authorities, by which to respond to actions that impede the performance of the essential tasks of the University...