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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...Budapest "representatives" of the U. S. had this to say of their country last August: "...The greater part of American Youth have no jobs. America is run by economic royalists and military brass hats...To the ever-louder demands of our youth for jobs, all Wall St. men can answer is 'Join the Army...'" What the Committee is most interested in this year is illustrated by requests in its blurb for information on: "Southern Schools...Dismissal of three professors at the University of Washington...NAACP Civil Rights Crusade to Washington...ROTC's on campus...City College Strike...
...Although we fully recognize the merit and worth of the House system," wrote Barker, "we are inclined to feel that the Houses are, not a complete answer to the normal desires of students for social contact with men of similar tastes and interests. Is there any better basis for such groupings than an shared interest in some recognized extra-curricular activity, such as athletics...
SLATER: Well, Bill Buckley, can you answer that...
After graduating in 1920 Thompson wanted to take lessons from Ernest Bloch, but the great composer did not give him a very warm reception. "Have you analyzed the quartets of Beethoven? Have you studied the Masses of Palestrina? Have you analyzed the motets of Lassua?" The answer to each of these questions was no. "And you are a graduate of Harvard!" said the horrified Bloch. Bloch agreed to teach him, however...