Word: motherism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Editorial Board, all hint at the new regime, and more should follow. Among the most valuable experiments arising from this trend toward the triumph of the 'Cliffe is the system instituted recently at Comstock Hall. A "graduate school couple" was installed as head residents instead of the venerable "house mother...
...essence, house-mother head residents are fine creatures and provide a possibly desirable matronly solidity to the Radcliffe dorm system. But the gap of at least a generation between "mothers" and students generally inhibits free conversation; and what is even more important, the non-teaching house mother is often barren as a source of academic stimulation. Hence, 'Cliffe dorms miss out on the real advantage of the Harvard Houses, the intellectual tone created by the direct participation of both tutors and masters in the daily life of the students. Recruiting graduate students or young teachers as head residents, and where...
...planned to have five children. If two babies had not died at birth, Gertrude and her brother Leo might never have been born. From patriarch Daniel, Gertrude inherited an intense philosophical streak, a habit of starting what did not get finished, and the love of a good fight. The mother, whom Gertrude called "little" and "sweet" kept a diary reminiscent of her daughter's long-winded and oversimplified writing...
...father dies. The mother goes to work as a cook for a wealthy family. Not a bad life for her, but what about the boy? He spends his spare time cadging pennies by picking lice out of the rich man's hair. But then the rich man takes mother and son to his country estate, and for a while they are both very happy. Apu plays in the fields and studies to be a priest like his father-a matter that involves more folklore than book learning. Yet one day Apu comes home with a faraway look...
...Mother sends him, at no little sacrifice, and he proves a spectacular student. Several years later he wins a scholarship to the university in Calcutta. He rushes home in tremendous excitement. "Mother, can I go?" And here begins the long, slow, exquisite resolution of the drama: the story of how the mother dies in order that Apu may live as he was meant to live. The mother gives and gives, the son takes and takes. The only thanks she gets are sulks, or at best indifference. Her heart bleeds, but she is wise enough to understand that in hurting...