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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...luncheons the atmosphere is even more free and informal, the discussion still more open and candid. In the words of one Junior Fellow, "No one is afraid to ask even the most elementary question about the various projects of his colleagues." Often the conversation turns to national and university policies; clashes of personality and of interest are made more apparent...
Designed to acquaint concentrators with background material in their field, sophomore tutorial generally draws the least stimulating men in any department. Often their task is made unnecessarily burdensome by the lethargic attitude of their tutees. Moreover, the exceptional student in a tutorial group is just as frustrated by the lack of interest of his fellows...
Whether because of a discouraged tutor or a group of bored students, tutorial often fails to fulfill its potential. Sophomores interested in exploring their field become disillusioned. Tutors with a sense of mission are wasted, and the already ennui-stricken student sinks deeper into his intellectual stupor...
...course true that the basic premises of democracy and revealed religion often run counter to one another, but the Church has made terms before--usually for political expediency--and they will have to continue...
Gross did some of his best playing of the afternoon in the next work, Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata. The first movement was crisp and sure, although now and then the tempo wavered; the second was free of the excess of sentiment by which it is so often destroyed; the third was just right...