Word: mentions
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Sullivan, the chairman of the Education Committee of the General Court, said he thought there was a definite danger of Communist infiltration onto the faculties of schools and colleges in the commonwealth. He claimed that Communist influence already exists in several colleges in the state but declined to mention names...
...article I refer to there is absolutely no causal connection between the accident and the color of the student's skin. Whether the student is a Negro or a red Indian is completely irrelevant in this particular situation. The mention of his color is therefore completely unnecessary and unjustified. If Mr. John G. Simon '50 had been the victim of the accident the CRIMSON would not have headlined the story: "Trolley Hits Blond-Haired Student...
...Advancement of Colored Peoples as its outstanding student of the year, it would have been appropriate to describe him as a Negro, just as in an article about a man who couldn't buy shoes at the Coop because of his abnormally large foot it would be appropriate to mention his shoe size...
...sincerely hope that a conscious effort will be made in the future to avoid irrelevant mention of skin colors and the like. I realize that we are all accustomed to notice the color of a man's skin first and foremost. It is his most striking physical characteristic. That is why a conscious effort is absolutely necessary to prevent the description of this characteristic from creeping in where it does not belong. Hans A. Wolf...
Historically, it was curious to find mention of martyrdom retained in the ritual creating a cardinal. The church's list of martyrs contains scores of bishops, but only one cardinal.* When the office evolved (probably in the 5th Century), the cardinals were in charge of important churches in and around Rome. Yet while there was evil in the world, there would be danger, even at the center of Christendom. The cardinals were reminded that they as well as those who went among the infidel were expected to be faithful unto death...