Word: effort
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cares to, and become involved in some aspect of the real world if this is important to him. Boston is an ideal area to do this in. Anybody who truly wishes to become committed or involved in a non-collegiate activity can do so with a little bit of effort. Wellesley as a school could encourage this type of participation more by making the needs of Boston more generally known and available to the students...
...order to elicit its educational philosophy. They learned that the teachers viewed their task not as one of "getting students to memorize rules of grammar and traditional pieces of valued poetry," but rather as one of trying to "have students exposed to differing ideas and value systems in an effort to have them arrive at a personal view of themselves, humanity, and the environment in which they must involve themselves...
...world, who must be tirelessly resisted whenever they arise. As to the three novels (all available in paperback), I commend them to any adolescent, and to any adult. I especially commend them to the Rev. Hanson and his self-righteous cohorts, whom I strongly urge to make an effort to move ahead and join the rest of us in the twentieth century. In the meantime, the Tom Marinos among us may take heart from the remark of Hesse's Demian that "people with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest...
...white workers in the metropolitan area work force falls far short of that figure. OBU disputes the Administration figure, but even if Afro were over-estimating the minority group percentage, their demand would still be legitimate. Tired reservations about "reverse discrimination" are insufficient excuse for not making every possible effort to assist minority group people in their effort to overcome the immense burdens which American society imposes upon them...
OVER 2000 Harvard and Radcliffe students and professors will begin a day-long "fast for peace" this afternoon to demonstrate their outrage over present American policies in Viet Nam. It would be foolish to believe that the fast will have any measurable impact on the American war effort, but the demonstration is nevertheless likely to have several constructive effects and should be supported...