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Though on leave at Notre Dame this year, Silver wishes to return to Ole Miss, where he has taught history since 1936. A select committee of the University's Board of Trustees is currently weighing his record, and Silver therefore warned his listeners to expect "a very boring speech...
...enough to argue that the Gen Ed committee must pre-select the departmental courses an undergraduate can take to fulfill his Gen Ed requirements. The Committee must confront the question whether there is any inherent worth in a Gen Ed Course-and if there is it ought to persuade the Faculty. Because unless a convincing argument is made, the Faculty will probably not accept the Doty proposals or any compulsory Gen Ed program...
...mission, find a suitable code. Couples found in adoption-agency reception rooms affect an air of simple good taste (no jewelry other than religious medals), shun cigarettes, hum strains of lullabies every now and then. The same couple, accompanying their college-aged son to the admissions office of a select university, will dress with understated dash (a necklace of wooden, hand-painted beads for her, suede elbow patches and a Dunhill pipe for him), intersperse comments on their reading ("One always comes back to Ovid as if for the first time") with reminiscences of "the old days at Chicago...
Rock modestly agrees, and decides not to upset his featherheaded fern. Instead, he thoughtfully attempts to select a successor who can provide for the poor widow. Inspired by his buddy's "nobility," Tony dashes off an advance draft of a funeral eulogy: "They needed a good sport in heaven." But the little woman is confused; she figures that Rock is fixing her up with a slimy oilionaire in order to justify an affair of his own. To set her straight, Rock is forced to confess his condition. To set him straight, Doris produces a memorable wifely weirdie. "Promise...
Several reforms are in order. First, the HCUA should select the new chairman early in the spring term, so that work might begin immediately. Second, the Combined Charities Committee should designate a certain period--perhaps two weeks--when interested students could talk with a Committee member about charities they would like recommended. The period should be well publicized and a regular system of appointments arranged to encourage outside initiative...