Word: himselfe
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Vag thumbed through the stack of forms. "Bureaucracy," he sighed, "bureaucracy." First there was the Fulbright, a green form to be filled out in quadruplicate: Vag was applying for one to Australia--little competition. Then, of course, there was a white Fulbright to be filled out in triplicate; not a...
Vag leafed through the Fulbright; he needed a study project, recommendations, and four copies of a Curriculum Vitae. He paused over the study project: "I would like," he wrote finally, "to study the effect of the fear of Asian immigration on Australian poetry of the twentieth century. There has been...
Vag decided to cross the channel; he looked at the Rhodes: three copies of a thousand-word statement on general interest. "Don't forget the House volleyball," he told himself, "the Rhodes people like jocks." The Marshall needed six thousand-word statements. Same as the Rhoes, he calculated; less sportsy...
This reaction surprised MacLeish himself, but his success has pointed out that such public talks in connection with a popular course are a good idea.
Crooks stated that one purpose of the series is "to acquaint the student body with certain distinguished scientists as a practical demonstration of careers in science." He added that these lectures would "give an occasion for the student to reflect upon the impact of science on society and himself."