Word: topically
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Walter Piston, professor of Music, will speak on Copland's topic. "The Challenge of Contemporary Music for the Listeners," Piston has won both the New York Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize in Music for his symphonies...
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. '38, associate professor of History, will debate against author Howard Fast at Yale April 9, but the two men have not yet agreed on a topic...
Schlesinger, author of "The Vital Center," has refused to discuss the affirmative of the topic: "Resolved: That the United States safeguards cultural freedom for its citizens," which Fast had approved in a letter to the president of Yale's Political Union...
...said he had misunderstood the topic when contacted last week by telephone, and later rejected it because its wording favors a "negative viewpoint." He also objected to the phrase "for its citizens...
Schlesinger suggested that the topic be "Resolved: That the United States is a safeguard for cultural freedom in the world." Fast is now considering this...