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...story centers on Reuben (Bruce Ritchey), whose parents (Gena Rowlands and Steven Hill) self-indulgently refuse for more than five years to admit that they have produced a moron, and then resentfully abandon him in a state school. Crushed by this rejection, Reuben vaguely longs for the parents who let him be a baby and specifically hates the psychologist-headmaster (Burt Lancaster) who demands that he grow up. One day a new teacher comes to the school, an amiable but muddled musician (Judy Garland) who represents the common confusions of feeling about defective children. At first she feels revulsion, then...
...teacher's motives for wanting to help the helpless: she feels that her life is empty and hopes that the chil dren will fill it. She loves Reuben truly, but she cannot see that if love solves her problem it does not solve Reuben's. Passionately the psychologist tells her: "Your love is not enough! These children need discipline. Their lives are a never-ending battle for small victories. No one ever needed to succeed in any little way so much as these children do." The cli max harshly proves the point...
...Reuben Brower, Master of Adams House, said he signed the letter because "it seemed a good idea to congratulate the Corporation for having the courage and initiative to create such an unusual and handsome building. A lot of people, especially outside Harvard, must be a bit shocked by the Center, and I think the Corporation should be told that a lot of us like...
Three Faculty members interested in the relation of the undergraduate to the new center have been added to the committee: Reuben A. Brower, professor of English; Jerome S. Bruner, professor of Psychology; and Seymour Slive, professor of Fine Arts, who will meet with the committee although he is currently on leave...
House Master Reuben A. Brower, who is also a professor of English, agreed to sponsor the seminar...