Word: humanity
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Whether or not modern technology can turn areas that geography, biology, or human prejudice has kept backward into prosperous lands was the debate topic for a sextet of men familiar with such underdeveloped regions as the Belgian Congo, and the Punjab...
Percy W. Bridgman '04, Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, denied "that science is in some way inimical to a realization by man of the highest virtue within him," at a discussion about "Science, Materialism, and the Human Spirit." He spoke jointly with two Princeton professors of philosophy and Julius S. Bixler, president of Colby College...
...followed this summary with an elequent defense of human rights, saying that. "The soul of man thus held in france or forsen in a long night can be awakened by a spark coming from God knows where and in a moment the whole structure of lies and oppression is on trial for its life...
...concept of 'adjustive response' directs attention to the contributions made by a culture pattern to the preservation of the equilibrium of individuals." Kluckhohn asserted, adding that anthropological analysis has tended to lose sight of the human organism...
...will be sevenless displaced persons of college age in European camps by next September. The request for funds to cover the DPs' room, board, and expenses isn't just another charity solicitation. It is a unique project: those who contribute will be bringing fellow-students to Harvard and fellow-human beings to America--from a part of the world where the opportunities for study and decent living have been sparse, to put it mildly...