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...Calvinist tradition. He is not an academic like current President John C. Bennett, a pioneering scholar in modern Christian social ethics. Nor is he likely to emulate the firm-handed rule of another distinguished theologian, Henry Pitney Van Dusen, whose 18-year tenure (1945-63) brought Union to its peak of prestige...
...twelve days the University of Michigan was on strike. 15,000 students stayed out of classes at the peak of the protest because of one basic issue: university racism. By the end of last week, the crisis had eased-demands were negotiated and students were back in class-but for a few days at the height of the disruption, culminating on Friday, March 27, a coalition of black student leaders, faculty, and a large white student body effectively shut down the university. At Michigan, a Big Ten State University of 36,700, such events were unprecedented, and came only after...
Questioned about the timing which led to the successful gradual buildup of pressure through increasing disruptive tactics at the peak of the strike, a BAM representative attributed the decisions to close contact with the administration. Following the theory, "If you know a snake well enough then you will know when he is going to strike and you can get out of the way," BAM maintained skillful liaison with the administration. "We have been doing our homework...
...chip on his shoulder, Pyne devoted his programs largely to hucksters and kooks, whom he ridiculed with such niceties as "Jerk," "Meathead," and "Go gargle with razor blades." He delighted in saying, "I'm not a nice guy, and I don't want to be." At his peak in 1966, Pyne's programs occupied 27 hours of air time each week, and earned him $200,000 a year...
...Union Station,* the Cal Zephyr climbs 4,000 ft. into the Rockies, passing into the first of 46 tunnels cut through the granite walls. In the crystalline mountain air, passengers in the Vista-Dome can see more than 100 miles, from the snow-veined summit of Pikes Peak in the south, to the rugged profile of Longs Peak in the north. Lying far below now, Denver looks like a toy town...