Word: sorokin
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Germany had invaded Poland and World War II had begun by the time '41 returned to Cambridge as juniors. Another war had started too -- that between Conant, who advocated increased aid to the Allies, and prominent Faculty members such as Pitrim A. Sorokin, professor of Sociology, who in October, 1939 said, "I prefer unjust peace to a long...
There was more student support for Sorokin than for President Conant. A CRIMSON poll in November showed that three-quarters of the undergraduates favored American neutrality. Peace rallies grew in size and frequency. In April, 1940, a CRIMSON editorial probably expressed the feelings of most when it said. "The United States should ... face the fact that neutral countries in Europe will be crushed.... If only blood can wash away the strange quirks in the human mind that breed war... there is still no reason why it must be done with American blood...
...listed 19 faculty members who have agreed to deliver brief speeches on why they oppose the war. They include David Riesman '31, Henry Ford II Professor of Social Sciences, and Pitirim A. Sorokin, professor of Sociology, emeritus...
...reveal a lot of their own at the same time), the Freedomites periodically set fire to their shacks, then stripped to the buff and hurled their clothing into the flames. But then, under the leadership of a hot-eyed fanatic named Peter Lordly Verigin, self-appointed "Son" Stefan Sorokin, and a 240-lb. stripper called "Big Fanny" Storgoff, the Freedomite flames turned outward...
...placed by the Universities Committee on Problems of War and Peace, and among its sponsors were Gordon Allport '19, professor of Psychology; H. Stuart Hughes, professor of History; and Pitrim Sorokin '52, professor of Sociology, Emeritus...