Word: problem
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Papers would still be a problem, yes, but the heart of his courses, the proper approaches and attitudes, would rest securely in his very innards. And he would never be obliged to say anything, since the tapes took care of all that. For a moment, he was tempted to fall asleep, but, realizing that tape-recorders never sleep, he checked himself and resolved to concentrate...
...heated, often bitter discussion concerning the role that religion should play within the University. The controversy focused at once on charges of discriminatory practices regarding the use of Memorial Church, and more sensational charges of anti-semitism threatened to obscure the true issues. In a deeper sense, the central problem was whether or not Harvard as an institution should be committed to a particular religion, or indeed to religion at all. When one considers that Harvard was originally founded to prepare men for the Christian ministry, it became clear how basic this problem was, not only for the present...
...religion is formally removed from the College sphere, a crucial problem arises: namely, the moral education of the student. Among those most actively concerned with the implications of secularism at Harvard is President Pusey, who last June devoted his Baccalaureate address to the subject of moral philosophy at Harvard. Describing the history of this subject in American colleges and particularly at Harvard, he went on to discuss the position of moral concerns in the contemporary college...
...this situation there is surely an educational problem, and Harvard's "sink-or-swim" answer may or may not be the best solution. But, without curtailing or inhibiting their freedom, students could be made much more aware of their responsibilities, both personal and social. As it is, Harvard students cannot be talked to, nor can they really be trusted. Fines, punishments, and policing are routine, and there is conspicuously no honor system of any kind at a College which has and does place so much emphasis on being a gentleman...
Sapphire (Rank; Universal-International) is a semiprecious British attempt to admix a sociological problem drama with a flat-out murder mystery. The jewel of the title is a beautiful, auburn-haired girl; as the film begins, she is found lying face up on the hard ground of Hampstead Heath with six knife wounds around her heart...