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Schlesinger retired in 1954 after 42 years of active teaching--30 years at Harvard--and thinks he had taught "long enough." He had been looking forward to the time when he could concentrate all his energy on writing.
Without a laboratory, the scientist cannot be fully satisfied in his retirement. "The professor in the humanities or social sciences is lucky," says Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr. Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History, Emeritus, "all he needs is a pencil, paper, and a study. Losing my study would be like...
Membership in the Commission on the Rights, Liberties, and Responsibilities of the American Indian is the only time-consuming activity Professor Schlesinger has allowed himself. This commission was established by the Fund for the Republic after Congress in 1953 resolved to abolish all Indian reservations as soon as possible. The...
The problem has been complicated by the fact that people live longer nowadays. In the past, it was expected that a man would not live much past 70, but today youngsters of eighty and ninety have not yet lost their mental keeness. Many emeritus professors still lead full and active...
The five-day tour took Aitchalal and Taleb to South-western University, Le Moyne, an all-Negro college in Memphis, the University of Minnesota, University of Wisconsin, Northwestern, and the University of Chicago. Sponsored by NSA groups on each campus, they spoke in French to sparse audiences comprised mainly of...