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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...girls indicated that they weren't sure of the spelling of certain words. The average comment was half a page long. Many comments were written exclamatorily, with dashes as their only punctuation, using many underlined words, or exclamation marks...
...spirited controversy arose over the issue of modern buildings in general. "Why do you think Radcliffe students prefer new, concrete, linoleum, whitewashed, glassy housing to warm old houses?" one senior asked. On the next page came a sophomore's answer, "Concrete and glass is preferable to drab miserable old off-campus houses." "124 Walker Street is the most livable place at Radcliffe," piped up a third girl. One girl suggested buying more old houses to preserve Radcliffe's "variety and fragmentation" instead of building new dormitories, but everyone else seemed at least satisfied with the idea of new buildings...
...February 16, 1692, 6,000 students descended on the Capital. By and large they were well dressed and well informed. The press treated them fairly kindly: the President's gift of hot coffee for all on a cold February day got front page play in many cities. March leaders were offended by officials at the Department of State who delivered them a lecture rather than offering to discuss United States policy. But McGeorge Bundy assured the leaders that the President was glad the students had come. They helped to offset the vocal right wing, Bundy said...
Momentarily, student activists wondered what to do next. There was talk of starting a magazine or an activist college or taking a series of full page advertisements in the New York Times. They wanted a vehicle to criticize, or suggest, United States policy in South Viet Nam, the Union of South Africa, Iran, Chile, and sundry other nations...
Provider of Popsies. Britain's serious press was more critical of the Prime Minister. The Tory Daily Telegraph headlined its Page One account of the report: PREMIER "FAILED" IN PROFUMO AFFAIR. The Times demanded to know why Macmillan had not himself questioned Profumo or checked into other evidence in the case, pointing out that the "Prime Minister selects his ministerial colleagues; responsibility for their fitness for office is his, and serious imputations on their character must concern him personally...