Word: mra
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Shattuck termed the Washington Assembly an effort to make the MRA ideology universal...
They stated they are primarily interested in informing students and faculty members about MRA's Word Assembly in Washington, D.C., over the holidays. Six faculty members have already expressed interest in the cause, according to John M. Roots '25, a leader in the movement, and are expected to be among a large delegation from New England at the Washington meeting...
...retired professor also hit strongly against those disparaging MRA. "Materialistic ideologies of right and left," he said, "obviously cannot afford to allow a moral ideology to spread unchecked. Unable to controvert the principles of MRA which are unassailable, they concentrate on falsehoods, varying their attacks according to the psychological climate of the country concerned. Thus, in India," he explained, "the Communists spread rumors that MRA is militaristic, while in the United States and Britain they say it is pacifistic...
Cabinet feeling formed against the movement, after Graduate Secretary Cornelius DeW. Hastle '52 disparaged the movement. Hunt and Hastle both warned the PBH leaders to be very careful about their relations with the group. While MRA has in certain fields established positive good, it tends to be "overly subjective and compulsive and often claims as supporters people who are merely interested in their cause," Hastle said...
Shattuck claimed that the meeting had been called to convince the students of the values of MRA. Shattnek's wife, who sharen with her husband strong feeling for the ideology, had previously discussed with Hunt the possibility of starting a unit whithin the University...