Word: beene
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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The building's first occupant was Walter B. Cannon '96, a professor of Physiology at the Medical School, and for 30 years, it provided a comfortable home for the Cannon family. Cannon House had been erected on the site of the Institute of Geographical Exploration, so when the Institute was...
William Berrien, professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and a former head of the department, and Andre Morize, professor of French Literature, inspected Cannon House one snowy day in 1946 with these aims in mind. The Modern Language Center is Professor Berrien's child; he started it and, as chairman...
The resident tutor, and the man chiefly responsible for the Center's everyday operation, is Robert F. Leggewie, a teaching fellow in French. He and his personable wife, who serves as his secretary, live there along with an invaluable housekeeper. Mr. Leggewie, coincidently, also taught on the coast but did...
The Modern Language Center's exterior offers no hints of its plush indoor facilities. The main floor includes a splendid dining room, a club meeting room (the library of Professor Cannon's home), Mrs. Leggewie's office, a kitchen, and a pantry. Several pieces of fine old furniture, as well...
The key to the Modern Language Center is its informal atmosphere, and this is what Professor Berrien has been striving to maintain since 1946. His colleagues have often questioned him about turning some of the rooms into classrooms (as it is now, no classes are held at the Center; groups...