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...problem of realizing a comprehensive set of morals today without returning to a traditional religious structure was raised by Oscar Handlin, professor of History, in a talk at Hillel House last night...
Traditional religion and its tight set of morals suffered its downfall when migration, movement to big cities, and importation of urbanized concepts caused the individual to become uprooted and lose his moral values, Handlin continued. The members of society were then confronted with new answers to their questions, and their art was no longer exclusively of a religious nature...
Those who would maintain the illusion, "evading the necessity of choice," Handlin calls moderates. Although Handlin believes that the moderates will win the election, he makes it clear that their complascent belief that America never had it so good is dangerous...
...discussion of other possible explanations for Eisenhower's popularity, Handlin discards the President's military reputation as "worn off somewhat," the President's record as "not impressive, and the Republican party as basically unchanged." Recalling Eisenhower's promises in the last campaign, Handlin said that except for the resolution of the Korean conflict, "every effort to implement the campaign promises of 1952 has led to fiasco...
...Handlin called the Administration's foreign policy "a succession of retreats," but noted that the Geneva conference "momentarily kindled the hope that an end to the cold war might be in sight...