Word: institutionalize
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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On at least six occasions, the name of the University crept into testimony, for and against the proposed measure to prevent the employment by Massachusetts educational institution of faculty members who "advocate the overthrow of the government of the United States of America by force or violence."
The "Pointer" maps in a "serious study," terrain of undergraduate life at a "typical college," noting that morale at the civilian institution remains high, but that "the atmosphere is much loss formal." The cadet corps, which fancies one-inch haircuts tapering to a fuzz at the rear of the head...
"The world is full of dangerous ideas, and we are both naive and stupid if we believe that the way to prepare intelligent young men to face the world is to try to protect them from such ideas while they are in college. Four years spent in an insulated nursery...
¶ In Alaska, where there are two men for every woman, Representative William Egan proposed a $50-a-year tax on unmarried females, to "further the institution of matrimony, relieve the housing shortage."
Cambridge permits the Shop to operate only because it is a charitable institution; a zoning line runs through the center of the building. One zone is residential and, technically, no business can go on there.