Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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What the Council has discovered is that while the fundamental spirit of General Education has met with ready welcome the attitude of first-year men toward specific questions poses knotty issues concerning the Program's actual future. 164 against 139 voted that GE courses should not be required in the College curriculum and should continue only under the present concentration-distribution structure. Consciously or not, such failure to support a mandatory universal program represents a real challenge to the central thesis of General Education. This is simply that in the thought and action of great men lies that "Western Tradition...
...then only 23, as cutter and codirector. The three got along so well together that in 1942 they decided to form their own production unit, Cineguild. On Coward's suggestion they next adapted This Happy Breed, writing their own screenplay with occasional help from Coward. After doing Blithe Spirit, they felt sure enough of themselves to go on their...
...explanation that Hitler, in return, offers him an autographed pass to tour the Reich as he will. Lanny makes his tour, then flies back home to report to F.D.R. and to spend a few days with the third Mrs. Budd, a lady who falls into trances and gets spirit messages from the late Otto H. Kahn...
...seeking academic ability. His hope for the future depends upon increased scholarship funds to expand the search for well-rounded personalities. Toward the same end but slightly more nebulous is the problem of developing "more sense of a community at Harvard." Not meaning by this the "rah-rah" spirit of some colleges, Bender rather feels the need for reviving that "sense of sharing a common life and common problems" that has been noticeably absent from the local scene in these reconstruction years. Obviously no easy task, the future dean admits doubts as to finding an easy solution, but his awareness...
...Brains Trust" program (the English equivalent of Information Please) Laborite Barbara was one participant who never said "I don't know." Audiences loved her for her quiz-kid memory. Between broadcasts she lectured on politics and economics, labored for the liberal Roman Catholic "Sword of the Spirit" movement...