Word: view
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...majority in both houses of Congress have indicated that they also hold this view. While I am convinced that such a policy of retrenchment under present conditions would have disastrous results, we live in a democracy, and, therefore, I believe that the viewpoint of the majority should promptly be made effective...
...principle the larger the number of members of a department who vote on given recommendation, the greater the likelihood that the decision will reflect broad and representative estimates, and a consideration of different attitudes and points of view...
...petition states: "In view of the facts that Granville Hicks has smply demonstrated his distinction as a critic and teacher, that he has contributed all this year to the curricular and extra-curricular life of Harvard and that he represents a serious critical point of view not represented elsewhere in the Harvard community, we, students and officers of Harvard University, without necessarily subscribing to his political philosophy, petition that he be seriously considered for any suitable teaching appointment available at Harvard in the fields in which he is trained, and that, if no such appointments are available, the possibilities...
...that a large number of floaters, men with no particular interests, decide to follow the crowd and concentrate in whatever department seems most popular at the time. That the current popularity of Economics is largely a fad has been the contention of President Conant for several years, and in view of the history of concentration he is probably right...
...large body of students chafing at the bit, impatient with House dances of the simpler sort, then the demand must at least be considered. How wide the appeal would be, how serious or how ephemeral the challenge to Harvard traditions, how practicable the affair from a mechanical point of view -- these are questions which the dance committees must decide. "De gustibus non disputandum est," and it may well be that an institution long discussed with a sneer can serve a useful and desirable purpose...