Word: menander
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...also claimed that the evangelistic nature of the event would violate a longstanding agreement at MIT that no religious group engage in missionary activity in an organized way among the members of any other religious group. Menand stated in a letter to the "MIT Seekers...
...Menand heads the Facilities Use Committee, which reviewed the issue and then recommended the cancellation of the event. The committee then invited the "MIT Seekers" to reschedule the event "for a date and place to be agreed upon by the Seekers and the Facilities Use Committee," Menand said. A representative of "Jews for Jesus" said the speakers who traveled to MIT probably would not be able to return at a later date...
...Louis Menand III. assistant to the provost at MIT, said the application had been refused because the MIT administration found the group to be "inappropriate to host a national convention" due to their leafletted and demonstrated decision to keep people from speaking...