Word: subjects
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Humphrey asked about anti-Semitism in Russia. "Why," said Khrushchev "my own son married a Jewess." Khrushchev boasted about his full mobilization seven-year roadbuilding plan: "Even a philosopher becomes a better philosopher if he goes out and works with his hands." Humphrey brought up the touchy subject of Russian relations with Red China. "Ah " said Nikita Khrushchev, "you are subtle and clever, leading me into talking about these things." But he talked at length said he was not worried about Red China left Humphrey with the impression that he feels superior about the Chinese. Humphrey got the idea that...
Despite Mills' faults, his book is thought-provoking. It is to be hoped that there will be many more of like subject. As Mills himself says, "Surely war and peace are now the most important issues men anywhere can reason about...
...view of intellectual training is that the college is a kind of mental gymnasium which develops cerebral muscles. The intellectual discipline and exercise of studying an academic subject are supposed to make the student a more perceptive, more logical, and more articulate alumnus...
...training which this leader gets in college is also subject to misinterpretation. Colleges like Harvard are prone to suppose that their job is not to train youngsters, but to intellectualize those already destined for the elite. No one would deny the importance of such efforts should they succeed, but if the superficial veneer of culture which most people acquire in college is the sole return on their investment, then millions of Americans are being short changed. Before accepting this improbable hypothesis we must scrutinize the possibility that the four year apprenticeship to the scholars (often called "liberal education") changes...
Each Master will be given an as yet undetermined sum of money to proceed with those improvements he desires, subject to approval of President Pusey and Dean Bundy. The Master's requests have not been released, but it is known that such projects as rooms for dining and other purposes are being considered. Some Masters have formed student committees to work with their staff members in determining a use for the money...