Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...into the theoretical field. The course, in the Official Register of the University, purports to be designed "to serve the needs of those students who plan no further work in Economics." However, it could be argued that a course which deals little in theory and history and which emphasizes social efficiency in economics--that which works (in the opinion of instructors in the course)--has no right to call itself a basic course...
...frank, Ec 1 seems to be controlled and guided by Keynesian economists and New Dealers (some of whom have served as advisers to President Roosevelt and Truman) who appear to be unable or disinclined to detach themself as scholars from the controversial political and social issues which involved those two politicians. Consequently, most lectures and some sections in the course often degenerate into a simple apologia for the New Deal...
...rest of the country's loss, London's Daily Telegraph hoped that "Jock" Whitney, a millionaire with a real zest for getting around, would bring a "new start in this respect." The Telegraph also retrospectively hailed "the new Ambassador's firm break with the more absurd social conventions of New York society." In Tokyo, meanwhile, Career Diplomat Douglas MacArthur II, bearer of a name that still inspires respect in Japan, rode in an imperial household coach to the royal palace, there presented his papers to his uncle's good friend, Emperor Hirohito...
...show begins on a somewhat regrettable note when the Master of Ceremonies cries, "This is your life..." Clara Mae is then bustled stagewards to watch her life travel from Gruel, Wyoming to Radcliffe College, where Clara proceeds to make good in the social "supermarket." The first act takes Clara through the Radcliffe Library, a jolly-up and a few other slow starters. What saves the act from becoming disastrously tiresome is the free swinging chorus girls (sixteen, in charming red shorts, weighing a collective ton) and the show-stopping humor of Liz Stearns as the charcoalgrey, knee-soxed intellectual...
...final change, however, will apply to all concentrators in the field. Beginning next fall, courses in Mathematics above the level of Math 11 and any courses offered by the new department of Statistics will count as "related." Previously, only History, Government, and Social Relations have been considered related fields. This last change is in line with the department's desire to broaden the range of study of its concentrators...