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...viewers to find its relevance to them. But the exact nature of that relevance, or the relation of art to politics, is difficult to define. Steven Shea readily admits that he has no illusions about the power of art to actually change politics, not the way that a sit-in in University Hall can. But he does believe, tentatively, that art may become the root of a new consciousness and thus play a secondary role in the formation of a new political consciousness. The tension between art and politics, which is also part of the subject matter of the play...
Vellucci recalled that in 1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt '04 had endorsed the sit-in of mine workers led by John L. Lewis. He said that such a sit-in, despite its illegality, drew national attention to a critically wrong situation. "The fact is that now the whole world is watching Harvard. Dr. Pusey should have worked these things out a long time ago. How can Harvard men advise the rest of the world how to live when they can't even straighten our a little mess in their own back yard without calling on Cambridge police for help?" Vellucci said...
...There was nothing wrong with your stand on ROTC. In our opinion, this was not the issue--the issue was the sit-in at Paine Hall," Mrs. Bunting said in answer to a question...
Outsiders may consider it bathetic, but this feeling is genuine at Hickory Hill and it runs close beneath the surface. Ethel's constant motion provides her own defense against misery. It is painful for her to sit still for any length of time, her hands idle, her thoughts closing in on her. Then her pert features droop, reflecting the ravages of sorrow...
...total of approximately 125 showed up, mostly New Yorkers, but including Hans Hartung from Paris, Sidney Nolan from London, Manabu Mabe from Brazil. West Germany's Heinz Mack prankishly mailed in a lifesize, cardboard-backed photograph of himself in black tie, folded so that it could-and did-sit down at table and listen to the speeches with the other guests...