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...tower of impartial journalism on Plympton St generally stands straight. But "Political Controversies at Harvard, 1636-1974" by Seymour Martin Lipset in "Education and Politics at Harvard," provoked a full page review by Geoffrey Garin on April 12 titled "Fair Harvard Strikes Back...
...Garin starts with his own interpretation of Professor Lipset's essay. He writes that Harvard's "dedication to free and unfettered scholarship, according to Lipset has known little if any bounds." Such an "illusion" of academic "aloofness from external control" is scorned by Mr. Garin. But since Professor Lipset is defending only the ideal of a university as a center for critical intellect he is explicitly concerned with the effects of social and political disputes on this ideal. So he discusses President Lowell's bigotry; he covers restrictions on pro-Communist faculty and students during the McCarthy period...
...festivities of 1969 are of particular interest to Mr. Garin. He is angered by Professor Lipset's perception that a forceful reaction was actually desired by those who occupied University Hall. And the Crimson reviewer again presents his own version of Professor Lipset's logic: "The outrage of students and sympathetic faculty to the Bust was predictable, Lipset claims, because a similar reaction followed Josiah Quincy's decision to call in police to restore order after the riots of 1834." But Professor Lipset offers this comparison only to show that Harvard's resistance in external authority is long standing...
...occupiers and produced within University Hall stated their aims: "We are not seeking to 'purify' the University--the men who run this country also run Harvard. We are fighting against two major thrusts of the 'gentlemen' against poor people at home and abroad and against ourselves." Mr. Garin also connects the academic, economic, and political elites. But Professor Lipset reports data from an SDS run course showing that, when average American family income was $8,000 a year, average Harvard income was $17,000, and average $DS income was $23,000. Virtually all the students arrested in University Hall were...
...most difficult one. Sustaining an actionless duologue is no simple feat, but the play manages to carry it off. Joanne Hamlin, who delivers most of the lines in the show, gives a fine performance under difficult circumstances. Still, the play and the production are not too satisfying. Geoff Garin's review appears on page two of this issue. Tickets for the weekend cost $5.95. Tonight's show begins at 8, tomorrow the curtain goes...