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...seems strange to have an Irish name at the top of such a conglomerate of races. Might I suggest a new name for the "infant," viz. the "QUINN-qua-gesima" state...
...sympathies, chiefly with More and Erasmus, but he is sure to indicate that he is speaking "extra-historically." Gilmore probably speaks for the vast majority of the Faculty when he says, "I don't think anyone should give a course in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences qua Lutheran or qua Catholic...
...Student Council has not succeeded in convincing undergraduates that it has a real role to play at Harvard. It is threatened by the same apathy which hurt the old Council, and as yet it has failed to convince undergraduates that it has real influence on the Administration--a sine qua non for survival...
...contrast to this majority, there is the small group of students who either by election as representatives of a class or a House, or by election to office within their own activity, take on a new status, not only as student qua student, but also as student qua leader. The member of Student Council, the president of the Lampoon, the president of the Young Republican Club can no longer regard his extracurricular activity as merely extracurricular. It is a part of his curriculum, and it affects his standing in the community and his regard for himself. In his tutorial group...
...practical matters of Marshal and Council elections are but a mechanical byroad of a major problem raised by the inability of Harvard undergraduates to choose someone to represent them. The consequences of this situation involve the whole relation between academics and extracurricular activity, between students qua students and students qua leaders and even between the Faculty and the student body...