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...students and admirers I feel bound publicly to criticize the absurd caricature of Professor W. C. Abbott set forth in the October 19th copy of your paper. Of his fondness for milkshakes and black canes, I know little and care even less. Perhaps his generosity to the blind newsdealer offsets his smug self-complacency. But to dismiss his contributions to historical scholarship and his activities as a teacher as "dull" or trivial shows a singular ignorance of the former, and a failure to appreciate the real wisdom underlying his teaching methods...
Wisely eschewing the eight-league boots of his predecessor, Professor Abbott has preferred the less brilliant and melodramatic methods of locomotion which have made him one of America's foremost historians. It is unfortunate that he conducts no course which would give us the benefit of his profound knowledge of the period of Cromwell and Charles II. It may be pertinent to observe that his general work, "The Expansion of Europe," which is neither so dull nor so momentous as the author of the alleged portrait supposes, enjoys a popularity in other countries, notably England, which is shared by very...
Charles C. Abbott '29, instructor of Economics and tutor at Adams House, has contributed a feature article, entitled "The Houses--1933" and Mason Wade '35, offers "Toward a Higher Education in America...
After this brief introduction, one is scarcely surprised to learn that Professor Abbott's interests also include Gilbert and Sullivan's "Iolanthe," the movies, Horticulture Exhibits, and Ping Pong; one is not startled when Professor Abbott attracts some student's attention by planting the black stick firmly upon the latter's abdomen...
...incident in Professor Abbott's career will round out the picture. Some three years ago, the Professor landed in Finland only to discover that he was something of a national figure. He was feted; he was invited to important function; his picture was printed in the papers. Professor Abbott has always been fond of Finland