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Kahn, founder and director of the Hudson Institute, often called the Rand Corporation of the East, was the guest of Quincy House in an afternoon debate on the war, a private after-dinner session with several Cambridge hippies, and an open discussion on "Hippies in the Year...
...teachers were recruited at Registration. Now Challenge has teacher applications and interviews in the spring to select a staff for the following year. And the program is increasingly demanding a serious commitment from those who join up. Teachers must come back to Harvard a week early for a training session and must attend curriculum meetings during the year. The negligent or apathetic are being asked to leave...
Despite Challenge's innovations in admissions policy and curriculum, it has only had partial success. About two-thirds of the students show up for each session. While some have bettered their grades the changes, in general, haven't been spectacular. Challenge's most significant gains have probably been in less tangible areas like improving student attitudes toward learning culture, and college...
...bill on the Senate floor, he had the physical backing of 250 Illinois campaign workers and supporters. As a candidate, Percy had promised them a free trip to Washington if they delivered. Last week he paid off with a two-day itinerary that included not only the Senate session but a briefing by Secretary of State Dean Rusk, a coq au vin dinner with serenades by two musical groups. The celebration cost Percy $15,625 and won him the reputation of a man who delivers on his promises-to slum dwellers and party stalwarts alike...
...also manages to spend as many as three days a week -- even when the House is in session -- in his home district, which is 65 per cent Negro. Unlike Powell, who generally stays away from his constituents, or Rep. William Dawson of Chicago, who is the archtypal ward leader, Conyers is personally involved in his supporters' social and economic problems. Once a week he holds office hours for his voters on a first-come, first-served basis. When he is away, he has a corps of social workers at work for him. In addition, he has by now travelled...