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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...warrant depriving the Arabs of a land they have held for over twelve hundred years. Deplorable as may be the persecution of the Jews in several European countries, the need for a haven of refuge is no excuse for them to oust a Moslem population of twice their number. One cannot help but sympathize with these desert dwellers in their fight against inundation by a flood of alien settlers, who have a diametrically opposed philosophy of life. Even if no displacement of population is intended, a minority of less than one-third of the inhabitants should not expect to exercise...
...life-long process. Second is its subject matter. This is American history in the broadest sense--cultural, scientific, and economic as well as political history, all brought into a unified and correlated whole. Third is its position in the field of education. The Plan seeks to bridge a number of academic departments, to break down the water-tight bulwarks separating the independent and specialized compartments into which the modern academic world has divided itself...
...great number of sick students reflects "an abnormally high incidence of respiratory cases" throughout the country, officials of the Hygiene Department explained yesterday. They insist that Cambridge has no more illness than the rest of the country. The number of cases has not yet reached epidemic proportions, the college medical staff said...
...this connection it is interesting that, according to the committee's report, a surprising number of Law School men are unwilling to help organize a similar cooperative. Probably there are several explanations, principally that the Andover scheme had not proved successful when the report was distributed, and secondarily because of what Life magazine so colorfully termed their "fierce" scholarship. Also, there was doubtless some feeling that if nothing were done from below, a wind-fall would suddenly descend from above, and "authorities" would place a dining hall in their laps...
...supposed disadvantages of the plan, several reports have emphasized that the Houses, with one or two minor exceptions, are physically capable to accommodate the proposed number of associate members. Furthermore, Student Council investigation has proven that the out-of-house men, contrary to what was once common belief, favor the plan. Now, with their original straw scarecrows toppled, the Masters have been forced to fall back upon a nebulous euphemism--"house solidarity"--to substantiate their opposition to the associate plan. Gradually, though, even the misty outlines of this argument are crumbling as the result of official and unofficial investigation. Before...