Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...views-Representative Sullivan asserts that several colleges have already "drawn in their horns" because of his proposed legislation. A wholesale dismissal of instructors with leftist or "radical" opinions would prevent colleges from giving fair and impartial treatment to many of today's most important problems in the natural and social sciences. Students would no longer be the sole judges of a teacher's lectures; instructors would also have to satisfy the Commissioner of Education. The Sullivan Bill would endanger the academic freedom of every educational institution in the state of Massachusetts...
Bruner, an associate professor of Social Psychology, is a member of the larger faculty committee...
During the second week students may join one of two groups. The first will concentrate on the art, architecture and culture of the country and will visit museums and other cultural centers. The second group will concern itself more with study of the social, political, and economic life of the country, and will visit factories, newspapers and universities and attend sessions of local and national legislatures...
...committee, which contains eight members, was created as a result of the Paul Report on Class Affairs last year. It is supposed to give one all-class social affair a year. The project represents an attempt to give the Class a feeling of unity...
...aims. With less strict limits, the new course may lose direction in its huge field. The attempt to make the material more digestable may only make it easier, sacrificing the valuable disciplinary training which History 1 provided. In its prime, History 1 set high standards. To justify the change, Social Sciences 1 must confront the same problems and show that it can solve them more successfully...