Word: urbanize
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Divine Imperative. Joseph Fletcher of the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge thought that no sexual relationship should be absolutely condemned by the church, which at the least ought to be less scandalized about teen-age promiscuity in urban slums. The new morality, he said, would certainly approve of an Episcopal priest in New York who provides contraceptives for a gang of delinquents he attempts to serve...
Both efforts to paraphrase the Bible in reform-school jargon were inspired by the Rev. Carl F. Burke, 45, the detention home's Protestant chaplain, who believes that the language of the Gospel is puzzling and irrelevant to children from urban slums. Burke formed this opinion at a summer camp for delinquents, when he tried to explain to a boy from a broken home that God was like a father. "Oh, yeah?" the boy answered. "If he's anything like my old man, I hate...
...particular high school's graduates who enter college from 20% to 70%. A big attraction is low tuition (sometimes free, as in all of California's and some of New York's public junior colleges) and the relative cheapness of living at home. Particularly in an urban setting, these colleges are what Leland L. Medsker, vice chairman of the University of California's Center for the Study of Higher Education, calls the "opportunity college" for impoverished, ill-prepared youths and minority groups...
Criticizing Johnson's proposal to give rent subsidies to "moderate" income families, Edward C. Banfield, Henry Lee Shattuck Professor of Urban Government, said "people who are competent to make choices should not be told how to spend their money." He added that an inadequate income does not necessarily indicate an inability to spend more money wisely...
Edward Logue, director of the Boston Redevelopment Authority, voiced other criticisms of Johnson's suggestions. Logue evaluates the limited funds proposed for urban renewal as "very disappointing." "If this amount is approved by Congress, it will mean a slowdown in all our renewal programs," he said...