Word: statement
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...their own dormitories and give them degrees. But what in hell are soul courses worth in the real world? No one gives a damn if you've taken soul courses. They want to know if you can do mathematics and write a correct sentence." Rustin's statement was heavy with logic-for older, middle-class Americans. The trouble was that the radical young reject this kind of argument as bourgeois and Uncle Tomish...
...tossed the ball back to Richard Nixon. In a letter signed by Amherst President Calvin Plimpton, they predicted that turmoil would continue "until you and the other leaders of our country address more effectively, massively and persistently the major social and foreign problems of our society." Certainly the Amherst statement reflected the views of many moderates. Yet the equation is not that simple. The major social and foreign problems of society will not be solved quickly or easily. No matter what the pace of progress, there will always be some who demand more speed. The universities cannot contribute their share...
...good neighbor, one must love, understand and show compassion for his fellow neighbors," the statement said. SDS, it added, has not shown those qualities. The Planning Team said it welcomed the help of all community organizations including "the Harvard Corporation, the city a better place for all to live...
There is a widespread opinion among Harvard students and Faculty that membership in the academic community permits on to violate civil laws with impunity on campus. Such thinking is behind the so called "moderate" Mem Church Group's statement that the University Hall trespassers were not criminals and the Faculty's overwhelming vote to drop trespassing charges...
...Richard T. Howe '69, president of HSA, released the following statement yesterday...