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...Harrison, however, believe their program will have long-term effects. As they state in their NEH program proposal, "If hopes become realities, graduate humanities departments will be populated at the end of this century with students who seek college or university teaching as merely one of several possible career tracks...
College by newspaper, which began on Oct. 4, is the concept of Caleb A. Lewis, project director at the University of California Extension at San Diego. It is financed by a $96,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and $42,500 from the Exxon Foundation. NEH is considering under writing additional courses on aspects of American life after the current one ends next month. Lewis would welcome the opportunity to continue and expand the program. "The person I want to reach most," he says, "is the guy who was turned off by school...
...Greek word for yes is neh, and in the main Author Lee is a great neh-sayer. He liked Hellenic warmth, individuality and liveliness (but not the oil-drenched cuisine). He was stirred by the keening, semi-Oriental laments known as Greek music and the sturdy acrobatics of the men's handkerchief dances in the tavernas...
...Governor at 34, quit late in his term because his aristocratic new wife had left him under tongue-wagging circumstances. Sam Houston went back to the Indians to forget. The Indians admired him, trusted him, gave him a squaw, but changed their name for him from "Col-on-neh" to "Big Drunk...