Word: adamses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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With this legacy, part of it consisting of as yet unvalued Texas oil lands, the Press set up "the Belknap Press of the Harvard University Press." Under its aegis are published the John Harvard Library, including such American fiction of historical interest as Uncle Tom's Cabin, and the Adams...
In a statement read at a joint press conference in Boston's Algonquin Club, Ruth M. Adams, president of Wellesley, and Howard W. Johnson, president of M.I.T., emphasized that no formal union is contemplated between the two schools.
A major problem, Miss Adams and Johnson agreed, will be resolving Wellesley's trimester program with M.I.T.'s two-semester system.
In addition, busing plans must be arranged. Miss Adams pointed out that Wellesley currently operates operates a modest busing service to Harvard Square and various parts of Boston.
Plans for a merger of Vassar and Yale announced last Fall did not prompt the new program, the presidents said. According to Miss Adams, she and Johnson met socially last fall and discovered similar problems as new presidents of their respective schools. They continued talking shop since then, she said...