Word: particularized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...possible danger in such a plan is that a particular House, over a period of time, might build up a reputation as the stronghold for Democrats, or mountain climbers, or bridge players. For a certain House to be known for a particular activity would not be necessarily indesirable, but the situation could become extreme. A simple remedy of rotating the various organizations' offices, however, would effectively solve the problem of ingrained stereotypes...
Strongest among the recommendations were several that supported the House system, and enunciated particular concepts about size and facilities. Amoung these was the belief that a House should never have more than 400 members, and that there should never be more students than rooms in a suite...
...million outlay for new models. Next year, said Chrysler's President L. L. Colbert, should be a lot better: "Our production schedules for 1957 are keyed to an indicated rising demand for automobiles in general and the favorable reception already given our 1957 models in particular...
...appointed him as his right hand man, and since then Bundy has effectively aided Pusey's concerns. First he helped steer the University through the attacks by congressional committees for harboring "fifth amendment Communists," and he promoted the University's policy of turning down classified research. Bundy has been particularly concerned with smoothing the transition from school to college and preparing Harvard for the pressures of expansion. Regarding physical growth of a university, he has said that he believes that no ideal criteria exist by which expansion can be guided, but that an institution's decisions must spring from...
Naturally one of his main concerns is with the House in particular, but he also shows a keen interest in student affairs in general. "I am not a producing scholar," Taylor once observed, and there is much truth in this statement. For time that might otherwise have been alloted to research has been spent instead in behalf of students. Taylor served six "valuable" years on the administrative board, which handles many areas of undergraduate life, and has been on the athletic committee since its inception in 1951. In addition, WHRB has just appointed him one of its initial trustees...