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Dates: during 1950-1959
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M.I.T.'s surge toward scientific eminence was begun by President (1930-48) Karl Compton. Under Killian and Right-Hand Man Stratton a new reform was pushed through: raising the departments of humanities and social sciences to the status of the institute's other professional schools. At 57, Physicist "J" Stratton is well qualified to understand the importance of the humanities; after he graduated from M.I.T., he made the grand tour, spent much of his time studying French literature at the Universities of Grenoble and Toulouse. He earned his doctorate in mathematical physics at Zurich, returned to M.I.T...
This allows for some interesting contrapuntal effects when two areas are lit and two actions go on simultaneously, and it shows that the authors had an eye towards maximum use of the resources of the stage. On the other hand, these effects are difficult to follow in the reading, and it must be difficult in the theatre to keep the eye and the attention focused in two directions at the same time...
Until now, Wohlforth stated, the American working class's lack of "class consciousness" has made its tremendous economic power ineffective. On the other hand, the witch hunt and post-war prosperity are both declining, he said, and even "conservative" American labor leaders have spoken of forming an American labor party...
...other hand, the Committee called the non-Honors students "a significant group of undergraduates," and said "it is hoped that for each field of concentration a program of group tutorial or small discussion sections might develop in the Houses for non-Honors seniors...
Speaking before the Harvard-Radcliffe Liberal Union, Johanson, the Latin American editor of the Christian Science Monitor, pointed out that "In Argentina, the best steaks cost 26 cents a pound, while a Chevrolet may cost from ten to twelve thousand dollars. In Venezuela, on the other hand, ham and eggs may cost...