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Word: athenaeum (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...gates. Many have the proper backgrounds, went to school at Eton and Oxford, served in the Guards or other "good" regiments. But. laments one adman who makes $56,000 a year: "People I grew up with, who have gone into civil service or banking, are members of the Athenaeum or Reform Club by now. I can't get in. I've tried and failed. Most of us have. It's because we have the use of so much money. Having capital is all right, but unlimited expenses are looked down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Status War | 6/8/1959 | See Source »

...without its effects. The Harvard Administration was quite thoroughly alienated by what it considered a vindictive and useless attack. Edwin Ginn '18, an agent of the Harvard Fund, dramatically resigned his post in protest against Oppenheimer's appointment. A group of undergraduates revived a small organization called the Harvard Athenaeum in support of Veritas and later the Committee gave financial support to the conservative review Fortnightly...

Author: By Kenneth Auchincloss and Craig K. Comstock, S | Title: 'Veritas' Hits 'Red Infiltration' at Harvard | 5/22/1959 | See Source »

Henry D. Aiken, professor of Philosophy, accepted an invitation to speak at a forum which the Liberal Union is cosponsoring with the Athenaeum, Algase announced. He will join two other professors in discussion of the question "Is Harvard University Within the Christian Tradition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Unitarian Speaks Against Buttrick On Mem Church | 4/14/1958 | See Source »

...Henry Major) Tomlinson, 84, self-taught, world-renowned English novelist (Gallions Reach), Conrad-like chronicler of his own seafaring adventures (The Sea and the Jungle) and essayist (A Mingled Yarn), onetime (World War I) correspondent (for the London Daily News) and (1917-23) literary editor (of the Nation and Athenaeum) ; in London...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Feb. 17, 1958 | 2/17/1958 | See Source »

Speaking in a debate sponsored by the Harvard Athenaeum, Kendall quoted a former executive director of the Atomic Energy Commission who charged that Oppenheimer was a Soviet spy. "If he was ever an agent," said Kendall, "the presumption is that he still is an agent of the Soviet Union, and Harvard University is an accomplice in treason...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Professor Renews Oppenheimer Attack | 4/17/1957 | See Source »

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