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Asserting that the people of the United States have failed to assume the duties of citizenship, Ralph Barton Perry '29, professor of Philosophy, in a meeting of the Student Defense League last night, urged unity of opinion and action on the part of the people, while his colleague, Lewis Mumford, of the "Fight For Freedom Committee," advocated our entrance into...
...over the United States, people are certain that England will not be able to hold out alone against the forces of Germany, Italy, Russia, Japan, France, and Spain," Mumford remarked, "yet they are afraid to mention the word 'war.' Certainly they must realize that the longer we stay out, the greater the odds will be against us, and the weaker will England have become...
Speaking at 3 o'clock this evening in Emerson D under the sponsorship of the Harvard Student Defense League Lewis Mumford, author of "Culture of Cities" and lecturer here last fall on the "Backgrounds of American Architecture," will further oppose the philosophy presented by the Peace Strike by a discussion of "The Challenge to America...
...have today--the chair jerked forward again--in a regimented world where you had to stick in one rut till you died in it? Could anyone live the full life today? Vag sported, then blew his nose. He turned back to a course reading list in sociology: Mumford: the "Culture of Cities"--something about urban see, and architecture--must cover a pretty broad field--heard of him somewhere else-wrote that American lit book--and how about that one on science, "Technics and Civilization." Vag sat up straight. Here was the man be said couldn't exist today...
...Mumford, who will speak for the "Fight for Freedom Committee," gave a series of lectures here last year, and is author of "Faith For Living" and "The Culture of Cities." This committee, whose stand the League is supporting, maintains that the United States must accept "the fact that it is at war" and find "a peace which can never come as long as it seeks safety at the cost of others' sacrifices...