Word: function
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...long as the House System is no more than a bunch of colorless names and colorful cupolas it deserves a reaction of apathy, if not disdain. But once a Committee looks beyond the obvious architectural and spiritual separateness of the dormitories and finds functions that answer a specific need, the House can develop a valid ralson-d'etre, and command respect, if not gung-ho enthusiasm. Such needs that we feel we have partially met are those of increased contact with older members of the academic community, especially women in graduate school and the Institute; the purely practical function...
...remembering that our main one of the Committee's chairmen. "This function is not to raise money," claimed show is only a part of our program, and we're happy because of the boost it's giving the inmates, and the extra degree of self-confidence and pride it's giving them...
Commenting on this statement, Lloyd I. Rudolph '48, Allston Burr Senior Tutor of Dunster House, maintained that "House seminars serve a legitimate educational function beyond tutorial." He contended that seminars can provide a worth while broadening of the standard curriculum...
...Dean's role has changed tremendously under Harvard's last four Presidents. What function will Bundy's successor perform...
...problem is to "emphasize those facets of American life which should be most attractive." The University of California, the President pointed out, has more Nobel prizewinners than the Soviet Union. "They find in this country . . . a climate which permits them to function most effectively. And all of the cultural efforts here, all of the intellectual efforts, all our great schools and universities, these are the part of the story we ought to tell...