Word: viewing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...result of this view, which apparently prevailed in the Faculty, the first steps were taken during the war toward Joint Instruction. The basic principle involved in this and in later steps is not only one of expediency but also of duty. Dean Buck feels now--as he did then--that such a University as Harvard "must not be limited in its objectives as is a college like Williams or Amherst." Harvard has a definite duty to teach women, he feels, "Unless we choose to ignore half the population...
...view of those facts, he warns, "perfectionists" who hope to bring about this federalization in the near future "ought to be combatted, not embraced as allies, by all who hope to further good life on this earth...
...Germany, is really two movies-one in the background, the other in the foreground. The background is an album of postwar Germany: a series of malignantly beautiful photographs of rubbled cities, taken with a depth of focus that clarifies the fear in every handful of dust. Unfortunately, the view of this film is frequently obstructed by the one in front of it, which has a certain frightful clarity of its own. It concerns an American (Robert Ryan), a Briton, a Frenchman and a Russian who unite to rescue a famous advocate of Peace (Paul Lukas) from the Nazi underground...
...will be, says Toynbee, a morsel of truth is often hidden in them. This morsel is recognizable to men who, first, think of their national welfare in terms of a civilized inheritance, and second, think of the world itself as "a province of the Kingdom of God." In his view, it is, for example, of minor importance that the old apartment house of Western Europe has recently collapsed: what matters is that Christendom has found a newer, physically stronger home on the North American continent...
...opinion on the final examination question in his statement, and it may be considered that a University stand on the issue is awaiting further evidence. Whether to merge final examinations in the two colleges is, as a matter of fact, a question with two so nearly equal points of view that any decision will be difficult...