Word: vital
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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SUCH communication is made all the more vital, by virtue of the perplexing image which President Pusey projects to students. Over and over again we are told that he is an idealist, a man of great devotion to principle. It was Pusey's backing, we are told, which allowed Provost Buck to stand up to McCarthyism at a time when other Universities faltered. He waged a fight against the NDEA disclaimer oath which was dangerous and costly to the University. At the time of the Dow demonstration, he vigorously denounced interference with individual freedom of movement...
Student may resent the CEP's caution in not eliminating the requirement altogether, but that was never a live possibility. Ending the requirement would significantly weaken the teaching wing of language departments' graduate programs. Also Dean Ford and others feel that it is vital for Harvard to have a statement supporting the value of language study built into the structure of its curriculum...
...reason for this celluloid explosion is the widespread conviction among young people that film is the most vital modern art form. Jean Cocteau believed that movies could never become a true art until the materials to make them were as inexpensive as pencil and paper. The era he predicted is rapidly arriving. Students can now make a short film for as little as $25, and a workable 16-mm. camera can be had for as little as $40. McLuhan-age educators, moreover, welcome this form of creative endeavor. Some foresee the day when film training will be an accepted...
...Haute, Chicago, Buffalo and Detroit. Freight yards at Cleveland and Indianapolis will be modernized, and an entire new yard-to be named after Perlman-is being built at Albany. The basic idea is to take advantage of the savings that through-freight operations can provide. "The speed factor is vital," says Perlman. "If goods are in transit for four days, someone has to have them on the books for four days. Any reduction in time that we can make will be beneficial...
Nevertheless, sentiment for free tuition is not completely unfounded. Society also benefits if its electorate and labor force are well educated, and it has a vital interest in helping maintain its educational institutions. The second question uncovers the greatest trouble with the Zaccharias plan: the Bank might serve to excuse the nation from its responsibility to educate its citizens...