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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...example, assume that he had something specific in mind when he penned the generalization that "If efforts of older persons can be devoted to helping the young person to gain a feeling of continuity and meaning, his personality structure may be strengthened thereby". But whether or not this meant anything to Dr. Farnsworth, the words as they now stand mean nothing...
...Farnsworth's complicated statement must then mean that the young would be better off if they had faith in their elders, if they could find rules for today in the experience of yesterday. I refer the reader to the lives of the Hebrew prophets for further variations on the same theme...
This does not, of course, mean that everybody who clothes his findings in the bad-awful jargon-gibberish of the social scientists is contributing to the sum total of huamn knowledge by giving his insights form. He must also have something to say which is not intuitively obvious to his readers. The only possible excuse for this specialized vocabulary is that it embodies concepts which cannot be given the same precision in everyday vocabulary...
Furthermore, a dismissal would mean that the college administration, which is tradition-bound to deal severely with students convicted of criminal charges, could deal fairly and mildly with the hapless candidate. While he should not be absolved of all responsibility, it should be remembered that he was, in a sense, acting as the Lampoon's agent when he slugged Santa. If the administration and the city feel that they must take some action, they should chastise the Lampoon and suggest that its editors confine their wilder bursts of hilarity to the privacy of 44 Bow Street...
...anywhere I feel like. It's getting tough to find places to set up though--Cops, people--they give you a hard time. Some guys don't even bother to set up. And they're getting paid for it. I mean I'm doing this for nothing, but the Salvation Army tries to get these guys to work for them for pay. It's pretty hard to find anybody...