Word: bender
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...following is the first of two statements, received by the CRIMSON from members of the Faculty, discussing the problem. This statement, reprinted in its entirety, was written by Seymour E. Harris '20, Chairman of the Department of Economics; the second, to appear tomorrow, is that of Wilbur J. Bender '27, Director of Admissions...
...urging the University against any substantial increase in College enrollment, Harris agreed fundamentally with Dean Bender, who said last week that expansion "would almost certainly move us in the opposite direction" from enlightened educational progress. Like Harris, Bender observed that "a strong case can be made for expanding the Graduate School instead of the College...
Complete statements by Professor Harris and Dean Bender will appear in the CRIMSON tomorrow and on Saturday...
...College has "a very heavy responsibility" to these bright students that it must not forget as it contemplates expansion, Bender continued. "This superb student body of ours needs and deserves the best we can give them. They will demand a lot of the faculty and of Harvard and will not be satisfied with a mixture of huge lectures, a horde of Teaching Fellows, perfunctory tutorial instruction, jammed libraries and laboratories...
...Bender pointed out that the "staggering figures about future college enrollments" are misleading because the overwhelming majority of these students "will not want what Harvard has to offer and would be confused and frustrated by it." Since the College student body is already in the top five per cent of the population in terms of academic ability, some "95 per cent of the 'tidal wave' of college candidates is not part of the potential Harvard clientele," the Dean said. In addition, many of the top five per cent will be girls, many others will want technical or vocational educations...