Word: view
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Although many Amherst students take a dim view of the anti-fraternity clause, Professor Stoke pointed out that anumber of highly successful colleges manage without them--Oberlin, for example. "We have no intention of making New College a monastery," he chuckled, "we want the students to have a good time...
...upper chamber of Congress acts as quickly on the legislation as did the House, public review of present draft inequities and inefficiencies will be postponed another four years. That there are faults in the present system no one in the Pentagon would deny. From the student's point of view the most glaring absurdities of the law scheduled to be extended can be found in the hodge-podge of deferment and exemption regulations. These result in having only 37 per cent of the draft eligible men (few men above the age of 26 are currently drafted) actually inducted...
...asked and isn't being asked about the draft is whether it is assuring the nation a well-trained force of men under arms and a reserve capable of rapid and effective mobilization. To both parts of the question, many critics maintain, the answer is an unqualified "No." They view the present arrangement as obsolete in terms of military realities in that it does not set up small fighting units ready for instant transportation to limited trouble spots, so-called "brushfire wars." Nor does it encourage the maintenance of a highly trained technical corps which, once trained, will stay...
...recent National Defense Education Act, which to some extent takes away from the student the choice of his college. If he wants a fellowship or a loan from the Federal Government, he must apply to the institution. Hence the student's freedom of choice is thus restricted, with a view to slowing up the gains of prestige colleges...
Several members of the Committee on General Education have predicted, however, that the present policy on finals may not be retained if the tendency of the changes continues. Noting that Professors Brower, Guerard, and Riesman teach courses without finals, one member of the Committee put his view of the situation this way, "If one professor, and then one more, and one more is allowed to do it, sooner or later the whole program will have to be re-examined...