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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...University who are "committed men," who, like Demos, do believe, often see the critical examination of ideas as the best method for arriving at truth. Reverend George A. Buttrick, Preacher to the the University, sees truth arising "from the friction of friendly minds." Thus the University becomes almost a playing field where issues of possibly eternal salvation and damnation are gentlemanly tossed around by polite opponents. The danger with this method, however, is clear. If University discussion takes on the atmosphere of a sporting match, too often momentous ideas can become mere playthings...
...cent law, 6 per cent business, 3 per cent education, 3 per cent design, 2 per cent theology, 1 per cent dentistry, and 2 per cent plan to enter special schools. This breakdown is roughly equivalent to that of the Class of '58, except that it represents an almost 50 per cent increase over the Class of '58 in the percentage of graduates entering medical schools. The Class of '58 also sent a higher proportion of its graduates to medical school than the class preceding it. The Class of '58 had one significant change from the classes preceding...
While the Class of '34 lived around the Square, the Old Order's crisis deepened, and Roosevelt's New Deal burst dramatically into almost everyone's life. Politically and economically, it was an exciting era--but in Cambridge, undergraduate attention seemed to focus more on the football field than on the stock market...
Even for the many whose consciousness centered almost exclusively on Harvard, however, there was excitement. In addition to his ambitious plans for Tutorial and General Examinations, President Lowell sparked a vast building drive that centered around the Houses but extended all over the growing campus. Just as the College is entering a period of growth today--with its new theatre, visual arts center, Houses, health center, Non-Resident House, and science facilities--the early Thirties saw a flurry of dramatic construction...
...mills mold. He is an "outside man," a lawyer who got to the top by applying his logician's mind to the problems of heavy industry. Reserved in manner, quiet in speech, he runs Big Steel's $3.7 billion empire and its 230,000 employees with an almost academic air. "Blough," says one steelman, "is a real, warm, likable IBM machine." Unlike former Chairman Benjamin Fairless, who thought one of the ways to labor peace was to tour plants with Union Boss David McDonald, Blough believes in separation of management and labor. Grouses one union leader: "Blough...