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...successfully transplanted from man to other animals. Does that mean that they are one & the same? Dr. Greene suspects that they may be; the only difference between cancerous and embryonic tissue that he has discovered is that embryonic tissue grows up and "differentiates," i.e., acquires a special function. It is possible, he suggests, that cancer is merely arrested embryonic tissue...
...been the function of the Committee on Educational Policy, of which the Provost is chairman, to go over the courses submitted by the various departments, to recommend changes, and finally to submit the embryo catalogue to the entire Faculty for approval. This year the Committee should examine the prospective catalogue not only in terms of the courses it will announce, but also in terms of what it will say about those courses...
...long been held that mass killing is the work of states, not of peoples. War, some say, is caused by professional militarism, the existence of large arsenals and the itch of governments to exercise their most spectacular function. Similarly, the killing of 6,000,000 Jews in Europe was the work of a state, mad with its organized power. Are you suggesting that the Indian killing sprang out of the people themselves, out of the evil which you call Kali...
Although the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures garners the imposing total of 120 concentrators, the number of undergraduates outside the Department who enter the basic literature offerings--French 6, Spanish 4, Portuguese 2, or Italian 4--has consistently remained negligible. The chief function of the Department must rest of course with satisfying the demands of the specialists. But especially at an hour pervaded by the spirit of the General Education proposals a man should not find this field closed to him simply because he lacks the language requirement...
...individual college level, how can Harvard best integrate its function as a college with its function as a university? Can the admissions policy be widened to bring in more students from lower economic groups? What should be the criteria for allotting scholarships? To what uses can the House system and Tutorial best be put? Questions of this more specific nature cannot be intelligently answered until the basic aims of college education have been defined...