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...told them: "I'm calling my brother tonight and telling him to give you the green light." By this time, Ike was ready to encourage the project. Skinner and Rosenkrans got the Presbyterian Synod of New York to approve a loose affiliation with the school, largely for the sake of fund raising. A 265-acre alfalfa field along Lake Cayuga was selected as the site, architects were hired to plan two classroom buildings and three dormitories. Tuition and board were pegged at $1,000 for each 14-week trimester, $600 for commuting students, and the officials set a goal...
Farmer also urged civil rights groups to work for "educational upgrading in the Negro community." Endorsing student busing he said, "In rural areas we bus students all over counties to central schools for the sake of quality education. We must do it in cities too for the benefit of both races. Both white and Negro children in segregated schools are not being prepared to cope with our small world...
...young faculty member are linked more closely to the former than the latter. With our prososed shift in priorities toward doctoral training and the concomitant strengthening of the research spirit at the School, the quality of our teaching will be ever more in danger of being overlooked for the sake of what are considered more important concerns...
...Third, a view of the campaign not as pursuit of the Presidency, but rather as a conservative crusade. It was largely for the sake of the cause that Goldwater decided to run. Thus he continually snubbed those who wanted to see him President-the politicians-and favored those who held the conservative banner foremost...
...dismay much of the blame will fall on Pope Paul. Some of it, certainly, would be justified: he has demonstrated a willingness to settle for a muffled statement when a clear one would offend, and an unwillingness to surrender too many of the trappings of Romanism for the sake of greater Catholicity. But a disappointing council would be better than none, and there are many who feel that Paul may be doing what John could not do: ending the council without a serious split between the forces of renewal and reaction. John may have been the prophet who called...