Word: beene
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Hugh M. Raup, professor of Botany and Director of the Harvard Forest, has been named to the new Charles Bullard Professorship of Forestry, named in honor of one of Miss Bullard's brothers.
Herman Weiss, another American tourist, explains to Juniper the depth of Judaism: "You don't understand, padre. You see, the Christians have never been prosecuted." Milton Selzer, who portrays Weiss, teams with Patricia Bright, his wife in the play, and Miss Latham to present a searing and ribald caricature of...
While Eliot, in his 40 years as president, had been primarily interested in unified administration for the whole University, Lowell was concerned with academic reform within the College. The College should be the foundation on which the rest of the University is built, he declared. If the College is "not...
He knew he wouldn't be Eliot's choice for a successor, but then he knew as well that Eliot wasn't doing the choosing. In fact, the chairman of the selection committee asked to consider 24 possible names later reported, "It took about one look at the list to...
Not content with that alone. Lowell immediately went on to further academic reform. Within a year the College had adopted his plan for concentration and distribution, which took first effect with the Class of 1914. Under President Eliot, any student who had successfully completed 16 courses was eligible for the...