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...Missing Scholars. What had to be done, and what still must be done, is clear from a steady refrain of Catholic selfcriticism. "In no Western society is the intellectual prestige of Catholicism lower than in the country where, in such respects as wealth, numbers, and strength of organization, it is so powerful," wrote Historian D. W. Brogan. "The general Catholic community in America does not know what scholarship is," said Jesuit Theologian Gustave Weigel of Maryland's Woodstock College. And the Rev. John J. Cavanaugh, Hesburgh's predecessor at Notre Dame, asked sorrowfully, "Where are the Catholic Salks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: God & Man at Notre Dame | 2/9/1962 | See Source »

...identically worded notes to Djakarta and The Hague, U.N. Acting Secretary-General U Thant urged both governments to refrain from "precipitate action" and resume negotiations aimed at seeking a peaceful solution. Netherlands Prime Minister Jan de Quay accepted U Thant's proposal, reported that his military commanders had orders to act with the "utmost restraint." At week's end, Indonesia's Sukarno agreed to negotiate a settlement "in conformity with the purposes and principles of the U.N. Charter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Guinea: Setback for Sukarno | 1/26/1962 | See Source »

...conclusion, the YDCHR condemned the Festival, and urged "all responsible student organizations at Harvard and throughout the United States to refrain from "any official participation" in the event...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: YDCHR Opposes Youth Festival As Communist-Dominated Project | 1/10/1962 | See Source »

...Candidate] Anne Thompson hadn't withdrawn at the last minute when she found she was to become a mother," go-getting State Republican Chairman Jean K. Tool, 41, proclaimed his intention to extract from all future candidates a pledge "to give up hunting during the campaign and to refrain from activities that might lead to pregnancy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Dec. 22, 1961 | 12/22/1961 | See Source »

...coherent program of action" by the United States is also demanded in the policy statement. Nine concrete proposals urge that the U.S. withdraw military installations from countries bordering the U.S.S.R., proclaim that this country will not be the first to use nuclear weapons in war, refrain from giving any additional nations or alliances atomic weapons, invite inspection of its Project Vela underground tests, promote the creation of a U.N. Disarmament Agency, convert the germ warfare research center in Maryland into a U.N. world health center, urge U.N. inspection of nuclear facilities in Israel and Egypt, and repeal the Connally Reservation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Students Plan Picketing To Protest Arms Race | 12/8/1961 | See Source »

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