Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Dean Williams foresees the "Littauer Center growing into a real center for men in the public service whether federal, state, or local, and for men within the social sciences, whatever their particular specialty, who are engaged upon research in broad public problems...
...Gunnar Myrdal concludes the series of Godkin lectures on "The Population Problem and Social Policy" with his second talk on "Remedial Means" at the New Lecture Hall this afternoon at 4 o'clock...
...Pins and Needles," the Labor Stage musical review put on by the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, is a merry miscellany of comic sketches, music, and dance, properly shot through with social significance, but with no especially grim grinding of axes. Insofar as the show is a vehicle for any serious message from Labor, the latter declares its youthfulness and strength and its determination to get what's coming to it, but it is so free from vindictiveness and revolutionary urging that the spectators, no matter what their social complexion, applaud spontaneously without any secret twinges of alarm...
...music and lyrics are by Harold J. Rome, and at least one of the songs, "Sing Me a Song of Social Significance," is extremely entertaining. Not much is demanded in the way of acting, but all the players swing through their parts with a pleasing gusto, and Ruth Rubenstein, who does most of the female specialties, is quite charming in her pouting...
...onto the other side of the scales for a perfect balance. Evenness of distribution of funds based upon the number of concentrators in each field is obviously the only way in which Harvard can guarantee full teaching in departments now over-crowded. In another quarter century the trend to social sciences may have transformed into reaction, which can well be anticipated; but now it is the University's duty to the student to fill fairly the need for redirection of financial emphasis...