Word: similarities
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Other areas besides philosophy present similar problems. Conflicting evaluations in history, in psychological theory, in meanings of literary works, present problems for any professor; he must resolve the tension between his role as apostle and his role as expositor. This tension becomes evident in courses such as History 130, "Renaissance and Reformation," in which the problems of historical interpretation are augmented by those of divergent religious claims. Myron P. Gilmore, professor of History, admits that "It is not the business of the historian to inculcate belief." Gilmore does admit in History 130 that he has sympathies, chiefly with More...
...third believe that the Federal government should own and operate all basic industries, such as steel and railroads. In a society that accepts such phrases as "free competition" and "private enterprise" as its conventional rhetoric, it is curious to find extensive support--even among students--for socialization and similar radical proposals...
...going to be told, on the first page, that flying saucers are imaginary. The author has an advance from his publisher, and he is going to see the thing through, complete with wiring diagrams and interviews with little green men. The case of the beatniks is similar; the unwashed T shirts are tangible enough, but is there anything new, socio-religio-artistically speaking, inside them? The author of this Baedeker to Beatland says, naturally, that there is. The barbarians, he reports, are within the gates of U.S. civilization, armed "not with the weapons of war but with the songs...
...Nouveau is just beginning its vogue. New York's Musum of Modern Art plans an enormous exhibit of the school this summer and similar shows elsewhere will surely follow. Aside from the pleasant but confusing inclusion of Munch and Lautrec, the Busch-Reisinger's well-chosen exhibit gives one a full picture of the Art Nouveau--its frequent failures as well as its undeniable successes...
...addition to the material concerning Mrs. Stowe herself, there is a volume of similar matter relating to the Stowe and Beecher famlies. Because of the value of the gift, Mrs. Richard Borden, Director of the Archives, stated that should funds become available, the Archives would like to create a Beecher-Stowe Memorial Room...