Word: hyrc
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Dates: during 1947-1947
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Facts cannot be denied, however, and the HYRC is now by far the largest political group within the confines of the University. An even more amazing realization is that only five weeks have passed since the first of these men of Republican persuasion organized themselves under a common title...
Under the shadow of skepticism, the HYRC has not ceased to set up further targets. The next step: a Radcliffe branch, under the temporary direction of Arthur W. Bingham, III '51, assistant publicity director...
Members of the half-dozen leftist groups which have hitherto dominated University politics, did not seem, however, to share Staples' optimism for the success of the HYRC. When questioned, they rubbed their chins and mused skeptically. "We wonder just how many of these men will be active members and how many will be merely deadwood...
...willing to bet," says one HLU man, "that the HYRC won't have one half of its original membership by this time next year," while Robert A. Levine '50, also a Liberal Unionist, felt that the new rightist organization might provide the spark needed to fire some of the many dormant liberalists among the students. "There are plenty of liberals on the campus," said Levine, "but they're just too damned lazy to join an organization...
...first reaction to the above statements," retaliates Robert F. Fuller '50, Young Republican, "is that these loud exclamations typify the Harvard radical; however, if they should act, instead of confining their emotions to vocalizations, I am sure they will find that the great majority of students will support the HYRC banner...