Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Without a laboratory, the scientist cannot be fully satisfied in his retirement. "The professor in the humanities or social sciences is lucky," says Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr. Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History, Emeritus, "all he needs is a pencil, paper, and a study. Losing my study would be like losing my right arm." Professor Schelsinger, unlike Bridgman, retired at the earliest possible date in order to be able to do the work he has always wanted...
Specifically, Schlesinger retired to write a series of books based on his undergraduate course, "Social and Intellectual History of the United States." He has devoted most of his time in retirement exclusively to this project, refusing any teaching offers and giving very few lectures. (One exception was his opening lecture of the spring term in History 169, on which he commented proudly, "of course, I just couldn't refuse my son.") He is not rushing his work because he feels he has plently of time--and he is thoroughly enjoying himself...
After the drop last year, the Social Service Committee decided to consolidate its activities in settlement houses, to "spread itself thick" in the words of one member. Partly as a result of the renewed interest, P.B.H. has been able to offer near-professional service to the community in its social work...
...Algerians realized that American students live in an atmosphere of political and social equilibrium, and that no life-or-death issue rises between them and their books. Yet the very recognition of our advantages should, they felt, produce a sense of moral responsibility. As two rebels with a cause, they saw no lack of issues for the American student. Far from wanting idealistic American undergraduates to grab shotguns and set sail for Algeria, they could only ask repeatedly why we remained inert before such a problem as integration. With this issue at stake, how, M. Aitchalal asked, can a campus...
Goodbye, Columbus, by Philip Roth. Six stories about social D.P.s-Jews trying to "pass," or at least belong, in the Gentile world...