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Stephen F. Jencks
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FROM THE ARMCHAIR
The program of General Education that came from General Education in a Free Society fifteen years ago reflected well the
Discrimination
When the African and Afro-American Association's leaders claim they are discriminating because of national allegiance rather than race, the hypocrisy
Through a Glass Darkly
At the end of Through a Glass Derkly, the hero, who has just watched his daughter succumb to inherited insanity,
Penn Disciplines Editor Of Student Newspaper
The University of Pennsylvania last night placed the editor-in-chief of the Daily Pennsylvanian on conduct probation, thus making him ineligible
L'Avventura
L'Avventura is not a sequel to La Dolce Vita; it is not social criticism; it is the finest film to
Murder in the Cathedral
From seven years in France, Thomas a Becket returned to England in uneasy peace with his king. Four weeks later
Foucheval
Putting a psychopath on stage has become an excuse for ignoring every rule of drama. Some cute tricks by director
Hiroshima: Mon Amour
In Hiroshima, where a cupful of the sun burned out fifty thousand lives, a young French woman recoils from the
Black Orpheus
Black Orpheus does not sound to the bottom of the deep well of the past. But reaching almost effortlessly back
L'Avventura
L'Avventura is not a sequel to La Dolce Vita; it is not social criticism; it is the finest film to
Radcliffe's Revolution
Radcliffe is rapidly becoming the most interesting women's college around. For the first time since the founding of Sarah Lawrence,
Riesman's Lonely Crowd Reevaluated After a Decade
One of the intriguing problems of modern Biology is that The Lonely Crowd, was written by a professor of social
Lerner Declares Military Community Essential to European Political Unity
Political unity for Europe will come only with a military community that can guarantee European security. Daniel Lerner told a
Dean Bender's Report
Ex-Dean Wilbur J. Bender's final report on admissions is a stunning and appalling investigation of the trend of College policy
Sophomore Standing: The Making of a Policy
When thirteen students were admitted to the College as Sophomores in the fall of 1955, many spokesmen of prep schools
