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    Profiles of people who have passed through the New School. Entries focus on their time at the school.

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    This 2014 exhibition investigated three episodes when art roused protest at the New School.

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Julia L. Foulkes, Professor of History   
Mark Larrimore, Associate Professor of Religious Studies   
Wendy Scheir, Director, New School Archives and Special Collections

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A Boy’s Will: Excerpts

Posted on Friday, April 20, 2018
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Arts
Writing

Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers today;
And give us not to think so far away
As the uncertain harvest; keep us here
All simply in the springing of the year.

SOURCE

NY: Henry Holt , 1915

Robert Frost

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  • Histories

    Essays on periods and aspects of New School history, partial and evolving.

  • People

    Profiles of people who have passed through the New School. Entries focus on their time at the school.

  • Reader

    Readings, artworks and other resources by and about New School faculty, staff, and students.

  • In the Archives

    New School Archives staff reflect on debates, conundrums, and fascinations in the archives.

  • Reflections & Analysis

    Scholarly commentary, personal memories, opinion.

  • Projects

    Exhibitions and collaborative projects exploring New School history.

About

Editors   
Julia L. Foulkes, Professor of History   
Mark Larrimore, Associate Professor of Religious Studies   
Wendy Scheir, Director, New School Archives and Special Collections

Connections   
The New School Archives  
Digital Collections from the Archives  
Public Seminar  
The New School

We invite contributions to this site! Contact us at archivist@newschool.edu.

Please follow our Style Guide for all submissions.

All work on the site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.