Word: thought
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first has to do with the mentality of a military establishment. It is a truism that soldiers exist to fight--and win--wars. Major "conventional" conflicts are unlikely, if only because they would quickly become nuclear once any party thought it was losing, the U.S. is inept at combating guerrilla units, and major nuclear was is, at the moment, strategically unacceptable. There just don't seem to be any kinds of wars the U.S. can win anymore. The obvious question becomes: What do we need soldiers for? or, at least, what do we need so many soldiers and weapons...
Jared K. Rossman '71 stood on the steps with a microphone urging the demonstrators to go inside. Mrs. Bunting stood by the open door and most of the students passed her without realizing who she was. "I thought they would stay at the door and speak with me," she said...
When asked what she thought of the seven SDS demands, Mrs. Bunting replied, "I don't think this is the occasion to discuss them." She said that she thought ROTC should establish a center in Boston, not affiliated with any university...
...Critical thought cannot flourish in a hierarchical academy whose organization faithfully mirrors the present economic organization of society. Grades can force people to study national income or genetics or Shakespeare, but they militate against the study of a new, humane society. And they foster the illusion that there are no alternatives to an economic system based on contrived, sterile incentives, and operated for the benefit of the few. By ridding ourselves of this academic system, we will be creating a model of an alternative system of work--a system in which people work because they want to, because the work...
...students' revolt. Morison never condemns anyone directly. But in his analysis he agrees in substance with a letter which the Boston Transcript republished in their paper with approving remarks. The Transcript's letter, apparently from a recent graduate, suggested (believe it or not) eight proposals which it thought would help the College run without further incident. The proposals included suggestions to abolish grading and end competition. It suggested strange new ways of dealing with faculty-student relations. The letter ended with the signature of "reform...