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...sorry that you did not take the occasion to reproduce the artist's concept; a building that Yama has pointed out to us is not only his most beautiful in design, but most deeply philosophic in feeling. To illustrate the latter point, I can only say that we have a great respect for the humanism in architecture, which is Yama's keynote. When he was awarded the commission to do our temple, he spent considerable time not only in researching the precepts of Reform Judaism, but in attending our services. So deeply did he become involved that (recognizing...
...making every student a candidate for General Studies Honors, regardless of whether he begins a thesis, and regardless of whether he ever finishes it, the Faculty has done away with the concept of a choice between separate programs. More importantly it has also destroyed the concept of a choice between alternatives of equal respectability. Many of the General Studies degrees conferred this June will no doubt go to Honors candidates who wrote poor theses. This circumstance, repeated over several succeeding years, will inextricably link the idea of the CLGS with that of second-rate performance...
...general," asserts Rudolph, I don't like traffic circles." The one near Lamont, he adds, will be "one of the first to go. The concept of a circle is that traffic does not have to stop. As soon as there is so much traffic that it stops, a circle is no longer the answer...
Exploring (NBC, 12:30-1:30 p.m.). Children's program including a discussion of the concept of infinity, a version of the Lincoln-Douglas debates illustrated with postage stamps...
...artful equivocation is an almost impossible concept to explain, but it is easy to demonstrate. Let us take our earlier typical examination question, "Did the philosophical beliefs of Hume represent the spirit of the age in which be lived?" The equivocator would answer it this way: "Some people believe that David Hume was not necessarily a great philosopher because his thought was merely a reflection of conditions around him, colored by his own personality. Other, however, strongly support Hume's greatness on the ground that the force of his personality definitely affected the age in which he lived...