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...Liang gained nationalism, and a commitment to the revolutionary movements that sought in the first decade of the 20th century to overthrow the Manchu ruling dynasty. With the revolution of 1911, however, came disillusionment; the political disintegration that was to lead to the warlord Balkanization of China was already underway. Embittered by the political failure of the 1911 battles, Liang returned to his father's house, and turned in fits of deep depression to Buddhism...
...march gets underway, at last. Standing in front of the White House, next to 20 high school girls with Instamatics, who reveal the truth that all protesters are "you know, funny." it's easier to gauge the makeup of this crowd of 30,000. Twenty per cent, tops, are card-carriers. Colorful, armed with mountains of leaflets which the wind delivers far and wide, every member well-versed in the words to all the chants, they seemed larger than their numbers, these Libertarians, these Socialist Workers, these International Socialists Another 5 per cent of the crowd is relatively unclassifiable--including...
...classroom, including the establishment of a new one-year program in "school leadership." Fueled by foundation grants totaling $327,000, the Ed School has already begun to implement plans for a case study research project and a summer institute for school administrators. The results of biweekly faculty seminars now underway will become the basis for a series of practioner workshops scheduled to being next fall. Ylvisaker will need much more money to complete these endeavors, but he says, "There is a good deal of enthusiasm among the members of the (Harvard) Corporation for the direction defined in the report...
...matter how Ylvisaker defines the readjustment of programs and goals presently underway, he and his colleagues face a Herculean task; many American schools will need more than tinkering before they again provide a satisfactory education. Those in Longfellow and Larsen Hall who lament the "decline in American education" often point to tight budgets and decreasing respect for the field. "The Proposition 13 mentality has been turning the faucet off on education," says Ylvisaker. Falling enrollments in suburbia and over-crowded classrooms in the city plague both communities, and, or course, there is the fiercely debated effect of television...
...making an effort to reduce energy costs on its own, James E. Duncan, energy coordinator fo the department of Buildings and Grounds, said yesterday. Duncan cited efforts to upgrade the house-maintenance computer system, to control building temperatures, and to reduce water use, as examples of conservation programs underway at the University...