Word: utilitarianism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Perhaps the general disilusion over the gains of the war or a more realistic approach to its causes brought harsh criticism from all sides as to the suitability of a church to remember those who died for distinctly non-religious reasons. Some cried that such a proposal was not utilitarian enough; others called it too utilitarian. One influential group found it completely unnecessary, since the University already had a chapel which seemed large enough for the average congregation. And the Appleton family, who had given the chapel 70 years before, objected to its being razed to make room...
...alumni body is owed an explanation of the factors which require the limiting of Harvard's war memorial to a gesture," the Alumni Committee, which has been pushing for a utilitarian memorial since January, declared in a formal statement...
Some 20 months of deliberation came to an end with the Committee's verdict Saturday. During that time over 30 proposals for utilitarian and non-utilitarian memorials were offered...
...many quarters this news will come as an unpleasant and unexpected blow. Only a short time after the Saltonstall Committee was set up, in the Spring of 1947, a Student Council poll showed that 98.2 per cent of the College favored a utilitarian memorial, and that 50.4 per cent specifically wished for an activities center. Thirty-seven out of 43 undergraduate groups endorsed such a project. From that Spring forward, the Council and other College groups have pushed for a home for displaced College organizations...
...February discussion of various possibilities for a War Memorial "utilitarian" choices included a Hygiene Center and an Arts Center as well as the majority-approved Activities Center...