Word: reform
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...would have no difficulty in filling our entering classes with an adequate number of students. But in my view the social consequences of such a program would be extrememly adverse. Harvard alone--or even in alliance with the major institutions of higher education in this country--cannot reform secondary education in America. Raising our entrance requirements would inevitably make less national the nature of our student body, would favor private secondary education, and would hamper social mobility. I do not think that this is acceptable to our faculty, alumni, or students...
Only 16 students crossed over between the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the Medical School last year, but Dowling and Karnovsky said that number would probably increase if the calendar reform goes through...
Calendar changes are subject to Faculty approval. Dowling will propose the reform to the Faculty Council this week, and Karnovsky said he will bring it to the Med School faculty "in the near future...
Less than a month after it ousted the fractious democratic government of Prime Minister Seni Pramoj, the Thai military's 24-man National Administrative Reform Council (NARC) formally turned over the reins of authority to a civilian Cabinet. In ceremonies presided over by King Bhumipol Adulyadej, NARC'S nominal chief, Admiral Sangad Chaloryu, even bade an official farewell to the nation as a new civilian Prime Minister, Tanin Kraivixien, 49, was sworn in. A former justice of the Thai Supreme Court, Tanin announced that Thailand would be "guided" by stages back to full democracy. "From...
...task force established by Reform Jewish synagogues in the New York City area is proposing widespread linguistic changes in the liturgy. It suggests, among other things, dropping the masculine (and biblical) words Father or King and supplanting them simply with "God"; banning "brotherhood" and "fellowship" in favor of "community," "unity" or "kinship." Says Liturgist Rabbi Chaim Stern of Chappaqua, N.Y., who is not a member of the task force: "I am now persuaded that it is illegitimate to use masculine language about God." It is a significant conversion. As editor of Reform's 1975 prayer book, Stern labored four...