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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...anthem is something no independent state can do without. Even if national pride did not demand one, international protocol would, and both the British and French, who between them have launched most of the world's new nations, have seen to it that even such remote places as Upper Volta have something to play. "When independence is clearly on the way," says a British colonial officer, "it's usually up to the man on the spot to get them thinking about all the trappings and trimmings...
What made it go was Billingsley's basic formula: exclusiveness and effusiveness. He became a kind of unacknowledged dictator of café society, and the mass of its members, basically insecure, welcomed the leadership and authority. For they knew that if they were admitted into the upper sanctuary, the Cub Room, they were established...
Because most upper-level, Gen Ed courses do not now have pre-requisites--are not part of a "sequence" of courses--they would not qualify for Gen Ed credit...
Neither the CEP's official Gen Ed plan, nor an accompanying letter of explanation, give any hint that upper-level Gen Ed courses without specific prerequisites would not count. Wilcox said this had been the CEP's intention...
However, he said, if strong additions are made to the upper-level Gen Ed offerings, the entire program would become "bigger and better--with more flexibility...