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...Institution of Washington warned last week that Big Science crash projects threaten to create "massive imbalances" in U.S. research. The Ph.D. drive also alarms liberal arts colleges that cannot compete with big universities for research-minded students and professors. What is happening, asks Columbia University's Provost Jacques Barzun, "to the beautiful notion of developing the imaginative and the reasoning powers apart from marketable skill?" In a day when "one sheepskin to one sheep is no longer enough," he says, "the liberal arts tradition is dead or dying"-a victim of the pressure for college work in high school...
...TIME out of the Navy. He wrote a distinguished Education section for nine years, then moved to Foreign News, and some three years ago took over the Art section. Among his 14 cover stories were two perceptive pieces on the intellectual in America (Thornton Wilder, Jan. 12, 1953; Jacques Barzun, June 11, 1956), a fascinating report on his alma mater (Nathan Pusey, March 1, 1954), and a sensitive essay on a brilliant architect (Le Corbusier...
Sabre star Roger Barzun lost his chance to gain the final matches by a mere one touch. In a tie with N.Y.U. and Princeton fencers after the semifinal matches, Barzun had been touched 51 times by opponents. Princeton's John O'Sullivan was touched 50 times, and the lower number gave him the finals...
Although not especially strong as a team, the fencers have had a strong trio at sabre with Roger Barzun, John Kennedy, and Paul Zygas. Marion praised Barzun as possibly best in the East...
...Crimson should garner most of its points in the sabre competition, where they are led by captain John Kennedy. Kennedy, who finished seventh in last year's NCAA tournament, is given strong support in this division by Paul Zygas and Roger Barzun...