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Under the potent blessing of Dean Bundy, the Freshman Seminar program was begun in the Fall of 1959 amid a general spirit of cheerful anarchy. The benefactor had given generously, stipulating in a vague way that his money should go to make the Freshman Year more interesting. With this stipulation, the thought given to the reasons behind the program, its purposes, and its philosophy, appeared to end. Faculty members with a longing for different teaching jobs or for fresh subjects of research, or even for fledgling research assistants, arose to present sketchy plans for a seminar. Since the full Faculty...
...adverse judgment on the scientific value of his subject's work. I have in mind particularly his approach to Eddington: "His penchant for paradoxes, his gift for seductive images, his untenable philosophical interpretations of physical events, made him a prime target for clear thinkers." Yet, "he was a major benefactor of society. He stimulated the teaching and learning of physical science; he enlarged understanding of its scope and methods; he excited a taste for adventure in scientific thought." All this may be true; the ten or twelve pages of lucid essay which have preceded these pronunciamentos convinced me they...
...couple of neighbors come in to commiserate, and suddenly Humbert has to act sorry himself amidst his drunken stupor. Then the apologetic father of the cab driver who killed Mrs. Haze enters and offers to pay for the funeral expenses. Humbert, now quite confused, agrees, much to his benefactor's dismay...
...Palmer Dixon '25 is the benefactor; a former Harvard squash star, and one of the all-time greats, Dixon also sponsored the 1959 renovation of the University squash courts and the construction of the new galleries in Hemenway Gym in the Fall...
...quite willing to accept aid from the West, but wants stronger ties with the Soviet bloc. He has condemned the moderates' desire for cooperation with France. He is also a strong supporter of pan-Arabism, is even seen by some as a potential rival of his onetime benefactor, Nasser. Ben Bella, in his speeches, chants: "We are Arabs, we are Arabs, we are Arabs." His supporters claim that the ex-country boy, the ex-terrorist, the ex-noncom, the ex-prisoner is most interested in helping Algeria's fellahin. Just how to do it, Ben Bella has obviously...