Word: appointing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Harvard is prepared to fight any attempted court action which might be brought against its appointment of philosopher Bertrand Russell, advocate of companionate marriage, by basing its legal case on the grounds that the Corporation, University governing body, has the absolute power to appoint its teachers without outside interference from judicial authority...
...however, Dorgan has not been able to establish his right as an individual outside the University governing body to interfere with the power of the Corporation to appoint its teachers. Harvard hopes to strengthen its position by placing its case on the ground that Dorgan or any other outside prosecutor does not have the right to interfere with the Corporation's appointive power...
...University is not defending its right to appoint Earl Russell to lecture wide-eyed undergraduates on sex and morals. The President and Fellows are merely upholding their right as an independent body to appoint men they believe are specially qualified for certain jobs. They point out that the William James Lectureship calls for "eminent scholars not connected with Harvard University." Dr. Russell, they add, is a "mathematician and philosopher of recognized eminence," and will lecture here on mathematics, logic, and language...
Plan E provides for a city manager selected and responsible to the Council. He would run the city. prepare the budget, and appoint subordinates according to civil service laws, while the Mayor would be shorn of his veto and appointment powers. The City Council, reduced to nine men, would be elected by proportional representation...
Durant's action came after a declaration by him before vacation that he would appoint a qualified investigator to inquire into the inefficiency and poor preparation of food in the dining halls. Three weeks ago the nine-man Student Council Committee on Board in the Houses had reported on these conditions, and had advised that both an investigator and a permanent dietitian should be appointed...