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...experience of another friend who, frustrated by stares of contempt and superiority, returned to his native Liberia after just one term at B.U. The boy was crushed to discover intolerence in what he had thought to be the most advanced civilization in the world. Frightened that he might commit suicide if the ubiquitous stares continued, the Liberian returned home...
...taking away everything,' or, more simply, that 'the Government is exporting too much.' [There is a] sweeping dragnet out for peasants, truants from their communes, who flock to the cities in hopes of finding a bit of food or more rewarding jobs, or even to commit the supreme crime of selling a few eggs or vegetables on the black market. Children, inculcated by their 'Pioneer' leaders, report at once all suspicious individuals-that is, any unfamiliar face...
...robbery that netted him exactly $19, emerges from the tank still wet behind the ears. The priest awakens a hope in the boy that he can actually make it the hard way. The boy works like a demon, impresses his boss. Then, fired for a theft he did not commit, he bitterly resolves on revenge. While trying to blow the boss's safe, he is surprised by a foreman, who attacks him with a crowbar. The boy panics, shoots his assailant dead, runs wildly through the streets till he is cornered in an empty house...
Extra-curricular Life. Oxford does not suffer greatly from professionalism in extra-curricular activities. Orchestras and theatrical groups come and go in lively fashion; faculty control a la Loeb would be unthinkable. Undergraduates are less apt than they are here to commit themselves to a single organization...
...goals, rationale, and mechanics of the program are relatively clear-cut; its success is intangible. The keys, of course, are the character of the prisoners themselves, the way in which they regard the Harvard classes, and, ultimately, whether or not they commit new comes after their release...