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Word: viewings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Full-time use of the school plant is only the first advantage of the four-quarter program. This argument appeals especially to a business-minded board of trustees, but it represents a distinctly one-sided view...

Author: By Stephen F. Jencks, | Title: Schools, Colleges Experiment With Full-Time Operation: Four Quarters, Summer Sessions | 10/17/1959 | See Source »

...view of the not insignificant money and time involved, says D'Costa, the question is: "why fly?" First, it's fun. Though members may find it difficult to articulate their enthusiasm, a Club bulletin spoke touchingly of "deep spiritual satisfactions." Second, knowing how to fly can be a valuable skill--professionally, perhaps, and certainly as a hobby...

Author: By David Horvitz, | Title: From Flying Club's Plane, New Look at Local Scene | 10/16/1959 | See Source »

...reasoned that a university which includes members of many different religions should not officially embrace one to the exclusion of others; and some held further that it was not within the function of the contemporary Harvard to take any formal stand whatsoever concerning religion. The opponents of this view contended that commitment to religion necessitated the choosing of one, that just as a church can not be treated as a "cafeteria," as one professor described it, neither can Harvard be religious, abstractly, without carrying this belief into practice through one particular religion. Supporters of this latter view feared that without...

Author: By Paul A. Buttenwieser, | Title: 'Moral Philosophy' in a Secular University | 10/15/1959 | See Source »

...individual quickly assumes to himself the superiority of the institution. With this view, it becomes difficult for the student to choose a career without worrying, for example, how it will look in the 25th Reunion class book--evaluating life in a way that belies a primarily humanistic outlook...

Author: By Paul A. Buttenwieser, | Title: 'Moral Philosophy' in a Secular University | 10/15/1959 | See Source »

Origin of the police investigation is somewhat of a mystery. Marckini reported that the police have received "a number of complaints--some by letter and some by telephone." He specifically mentioned the Watch and Ward Society as a group interested in and aiding the investigation with a view towards possible presentation to the District Attorney. Dwight W. Strong, however, stated categorically that the organization, which he formally headed, has had nothing to do with the matter and is now defunct. Furthermore, Daniel J. Brennan, chief of the Cambridge police, said that as far as he knew there have been...

Author: By Michael Churchill, | Title: Police Raise Issue of Obscenity Over Drawing on 'Identity' Cover | 10/15/1959 | See Source »

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