Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...argue and discuss politics intelligently. But the growing complexity of political problems has made such a preparation more and more difficult. It is no longer possible to obtain a grasp of modern conditions by means of the conventional training in the liberal arts. Some specific knowledge of the social sciences is becoming more important than ever...
...appears to be necessary, therefore, that Harvard make a basic training in the social science compulsory. Every student should be required to take one of the elementary courses, History 1, Government 1, or Economics A, or else should be allowed to demonstrate his knowledge by passing a general examination on political theory by the end of his Junior year. In this way those who have acquired adequate political knowledge by extracurricular reading and discussion in college would be enabled to omit these courses from their curriculum...
Lastly, it is true that many men in other fields develop an interest in the social sciences during their college careers and come to see the value of these subjects, so that if the requirement was put off until Junior year, it might be passed off voluntarily by many, without a feeling of compulsion...
Monsignor Ryan praised the Justice for his "shining and inspiring example to all who love America." According to Ryan, as a legislator, as an industrial statesman, and as a fundamental democrat, Brandeis was ever seeking Social Justice. "He is one of the two or three generally conceded great Americans of our times...
Since 1928 Dr. Giedion has been the general secretary and leader of the International Congress of Contemporary Architecture. For the last three years he has been writing a study of the social background of modern times in relation to modern trends of building. He has traveled throughout Europe investigating the exact sources of all building questions, especially problems of social development following the introduction of the machine...