Word: vitale
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...heavy spectacles drop from his eyes. "It is tragic, tragic," he says, "that in a period like this the University choose to practically abandon the one subject which teaches the differences and similarities between nations. For both an Army officer or a United Nations official, geography is the vital subject...
...Harvard education emphasizes first, diversity, allowing students to pursue their interests no matter how unusual; and second, it requires a general education. Geography serves both ideals. The subject is interesting and valuable in itself, and it is vital to understanding the politics, economics, and history of the world...
Eliminating geography not only ignores the needs of an outstanding educational policy, but the needs of the State Department and the U.S. Armed Forces. Political and human geography may have been a luxury twenty-five years ago, but today when America is a world power, it is vital to effective foreign policy...
During the past year, the leftward tilt of the balance has halted, in a change so subtle that people of the Western world might overlook it. But the signs are there: three former enemies of Russia-Japan, West Germany (including the vital Ruhr) and Italy-are now in the Western camp; a NATO army is forming; the gigantic U.S. industrial potential, to which Stalin paid respectful tribute in World War II, is beginning to Stir...
Universities should not expect much Supreme Court protection from Congressional attacks, professor of Law Mark De Wolfe Howe '28 told the audience. Teachers must stop compromising on such vital issues as loyalty oaths, and stand up for first principles, he maintained...