Word: wishfulness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Most of as know Dr. Chaffee by sight (or by the poster of the Quiz Kids) and have heard-Irim speak to us upon our arrival. However, few realize what a prominent scientist and busy executive he is. All the C E's are familiar (or fervently wish they were) with his text on the Theory of Thermionic Tube. He is to only Director of Cruft Laboratory and its teaching staff but holds the combined honor of being Rumford Professor of Physics and Gordon McKay Professor of Communication Engineering...
...members of the class are eligible to vote then, provided that they are now residents of the College. Any other members of the class who wish to vote must see Hart personally...
...students who wish to apply to the Student Council for scholarship aid in meeting the April term bill should go to the Council office in Brooks House today between 4 and 5 o'clock or between 7 and 8 o'clock this evening. Selections will be made by the Council on the basis of these interviews...
...maintenance of peace must be a joint responsibility. We do not wish British or Soviet interference with our affairs, nor should the Russians fear that we wish to impose our democracy upon them, nor the British, that we wish to dismember or take over their empire. These powers must cooperate, as they are, not as many of us wish them to be. They must cooperate in mutual tolerance of their differences without any interference in their own evolution...
About the peace he is more deeply concerned. It would be a fatal mistake, he feels, to impose upon the Japanese a form of government "for which they have no instinct, no wish, and no preparation. . . . The peace must be thoughtful, the conditions wise, and Japan's vitality and insistence be constantly in our minds." Here those who are familiar with Japan will think of one great lack in Dr. Eckstein's book. His acquaintance with the Japanese is largely confined to the urban middle and upper classes. Of the tremendous proletariat he knows and says little...