Word: statements
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...CRIMSON, of course, had to carp somewhat. "J.B. is probably neither great poetry nor great poetic drama," wrote a tough-minded member of the Editorial Board--"although it is good enough in both respects. What it mainly offers for the modern reader is a literate statement of philosophy which finds the middle ground between religious panacea and existentialist despair." This "middle ground" was explained as the fact that "J.B. forgives God. This is not the tragedian's agnosticism or the atheist's bland facility--MacLeish has added to the stature of man at the expense...
Letters of application must be filed by seniors at the office of the Radcliffe Dean of Instruction by Feb. 1, 1960. The letters should contain a statement of proposed itinerary, the reasons for the designations, and the length of proposed stay in cities cited...
Results of the poll will be announced early next week by Betty A. Rabb '62, Electoral Chairman. SGA members will use the tally of student opinion in preparing a resolution, which they plan to submit to the Radcliffe Administration. The statement probably will recommend one of three alternatives suggested in the poll: using the Field House as a coffee house, keeping it as a study place with improvements in physical facilities and lighting, or leaving the building in its present condition...
...other hand, Van Doren's come-clean statement struck some highly sensitive and sympathetic nerves. When NBC sacked him from his $50,000 post, more than 700 letters poured into the network, 5 to 1 in favor of Van Doren. When Columbia University "accepted his resignation" as an assistant professor of English, hundreds of students held a rally for him. (But one leaned out of a dorm window and cried, "Hey, Charlie's going to be in the quad tomorrow to give out the answers to the Comparative Lit exam.") Officials of several colleges hinted that they would...
...received many letters. Thousands were from schoolchildren and students. All expressed their faith in me, their dedication to knowledge. I could not bear to betray that faith and hope. I felt that I carried the whole burden of the honor of my profession. And so I made a statement on the Garroway program the next morning that I knew of no improper activities on Twenty One and that I had received no assistance. I was, of course, very foolish. I was incredibly naive. I couldn't understand why Stempel should want to proclaim his own involvement. In a sense...