Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Linnean Street is not alone in his protest against modern morals. His finely phrased complaints strike at the heart of what is no small problem on the modern American scene. But articulate observers have seldom been more than articulate, and idealists and social reformers meet complete indifference far more often than opposition. The janitor is no exception. His protests are voiced again and again to various passers-by, and met with a smile, a smirk, a subdued laugh...
...greatest interest is in the absolutely unreachable kids who would never volunteer for such experiments," Dr. Slack noted. The first five adolescents whom Street Corner Research investigated had previously refused to see social workers or psychiatrists appointed by a juvenile court...
...Although we don't claim to treat them," Dr. Slack stated, "we get better results than we would by using conventional methods." The project is not set up as a social service agency. Rather, it is a scientific endeavor, aimed at discovering reasons for juvenile delinquency. Research and treatment complement each other; Dr. Slack said, "The kids treat themselves by discussion, and reviewing their own material work...
...future, the experimenters hope to establish a permanent laboratory in human relations that would become a part of a working-class community. There are no stigmata attached to Street Corner Research, since it has no connection with juvenile courts or social service reform agencies. In its two years of operation, however, Street Corner Research has shown the value of a new approach to juvenile delinquency, one that may be emulated in the rest of the nation...
...original play dealt with the mass hysteria caused by one demogogue playing on the fears of the people. The political overtones of the play were obvious (which is probably why Hollywood has never attempted to make a movie of it), but the play was more than a mere social pamphlet. It centered on the moral struggle of its farmer-hero John Proctor, who, accused of "consorting with the Devil," chooses to die rather than confess to a crime he has not committed...