Word: raison
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...restated another Wilson objection to the system. In a series of editorials on titled "The Princeton Man and His Education," the paper wrote that "To a European, the most noticeable fact about the Princeton clubs is their tendency almost completely to isolate social from intellectual pursuits which form the raison d'etre of the University." The paper explained that when an upperclassman stepped out of Firestone Library or his dormitory, and crossed Washington Road to Prospect Street, he left behind him his books and his intellectual education...
...give the Southern Negro access to the education without which he can never hope to achieve equal status. It will eliminate the despotic Negro school administrator, and it will force the passing of the untrained Negro public school teacher. And the little, privately supported Negro college will lose its raison d'etre...
...give the Southern Negro access to the education without which he can never hope to achieve equal status. It will eliminate the despotic Negro school administrator, and it will force the passing of the untrained Negro public school teacher. And the little, privately supported Negro college will lose its raison d'etre...
...great interest Mr. Brown's editorial page feature on the Lowell House bells. At that time I thought the bells were a good thing. Though hardly melodious, they capably fill the bell tower, which is one of the more pleasant sights Cambridge has to offer. Thus, they have a raison d'etre...
This is a serous flaw. An extended composition needs some principle of organization, some inner logic that not only gives the separate sections a raison d'etre, but also builds to a culmination. The cantata's failure to do these things is attributable to several factors. There seemed to be virtually no relation between orchestra and chorus. The vocal sections were usually accompanied by only the piano, and it is significant that the one exception--Robert Gartside's tenor solo with light orchestral accompaniment--was among the high points of the performance. The conducting of Michael Greenebaum kept the difficult...