Schwartz Opens Lecture Series Contemplates Two Cultures
Marian Pollett reports the year’s Schwartz Open lecture series titled Contemporary Themes begins this afternoon with Ruth Schwartz, U A president, discussing Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution by C P Snow. She outlines three talk parts on Snow’s ideas and the culture gap’s persistence in modern society.
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Marian Pollett
Sheila Kushner
Sue Kossman Margolin
Penny Neiderer
Andrea Ostrum
Carla Zellermayer
Ruth Schwartz
C. P. Snow
Miss Schwartz
Snow
Schwartz
Ambassadors Observe Segregation In Action
A Barnard party visited Spelman College and Wake Forest College to witness segregation and sit-in activity. The report recounts the tense scenes, paternal attitudes, and the students’ fight for equal access to lunch counters prayers and dignity. It quotes a jailed student and ML king Jr on press suppression of nonviolent protest.
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Roselle Kurland
Atlanta
Georgia
Barnard
Mary Villa
Annabelle Winograd
Barbara Friedman
Frankie Stein
Marcia Fentress
Spel
Man College
Lee Salmansohn
Jane Dexter
Vivien Deutsch
Irene Glasberg
Janet Gregory
Wake Forest College
Winston-Salem
N.C
Spelman
Ku Klux Klan
Martin Luther King Jr
Exchange
Bell Examines Religion's Role in Marxist Thought at Noon Meeting
Sociologist Daniel Bell of Columbia argues religion shaped Marx's thinking, linking Judaism, Biblical criticism, and Hegelian philosophy. He notes Marx's struggle with Jewish identity, anti Semitic references in his writings, and the push to reunite matter and spirit through work toward social reintegration.
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Daniel Bell
Columbia Sociology Department
Karl Marx
Marx
Bell
Frederick William II
Dr. Bell
Bell Ex
Hegel
Professor Discusses Philosopher s Queries on Language
Professor Jean A. Potter of the philosophy department spoke at the Danforth lecture about language in philosophy. He traced the shift from knowing as the aim of classical philosophy to language as the central focus today and noted human knowledge as an active process.
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Jean A. Potter
Philosophy
Potter
David Hume
Emanuel Kant
Committee Revises Summer School Rules
The Faculty Committee on Instruction approved a one day reading period before exams and codified summer session credit rules. They note 83 percent of 134542 grades were B or better and that weak students use summer work to improve standing. Freshmen may earn summer credit under conditions with full program approval.
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Barnard
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Lenore Abramson
Judy Gold
Leah Salmansohn
Bobbi Friedman
Connie Brown
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