Word: respecters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...present quota system frankly discriminates against Southern and Eastern Europeans and Asians under the theory that people with English or Northern European names make better citizens. In view of the number of contributions made by the unfavored groups in the past, this thesis is absurd. In this respect the President's suggestion for a special, experimental quota of 5,000--to be distributed with regard not to nationality, but to cultural and technical skill--is a welcome prelude to a fulll-scale review of the whole concept of quotas based on national origins...
...does not mean that they are unnecessary. They are essential both to stop any flagrant abuses and to maintain good order. In a school as large and diverse as Harvard, an honor code could not replace the need for some degree of outside control. Nevertheless, proctors should show more respect for the student as a mature individual, who is not intent on "beating the system," but simply wants a more relaxed and less regimented examination room...
Cole said he believed that the vast majority of Alabama students condemned the mob action. He pointed to the many organizations which have drafted resolutions calling for respect for the law. "Nevertheless one must remember that none of these groups have expressed opposition to segregation or have asked for the reinstatement of Miss Lucy," he warned...
Strong police protection, however, is ineffective without a calm atmosphere, and in this respect the NAACP has not been exactly lily-white. For days before Miss Lucy's enrollment, sensational statements played her up as an heroic trail-blazer for The Cause of Integration. Undoubtedly, Miss Lucy is blazing a trail across the Cotton Belt; but unless the NAACP sought also to make her a martyr, it is hard to understand why that organization's publicity should lead so directly to the very tension that should be avoided. An occasional "no comment" might, in the long run, be more effective...
...said that the 'artistic' director of this show distributed to his dancing girls three postage stamps apiece and told them to get dressed in them . . . Whoever planned this obscene carnival for Rome was evidently unaware of the provisions of the Vatican-Italian concordat, which calls for 'respect of the sacred character of Rome.' " Undeterred, the Folies went on with its plans to open in Rome's Sistine Theater, not to be confused with the Sistine Chapel...