Word: bober
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...about four years ago, Harry Bober, Assistant Professor of Fine Arts, noticed bits of curious-looking paper blowing about a Manhattan street. A naturally inquisitive man, Bober chased them, crawling under automobiles and peering into garbage cans until he had retrieved most of the pieces. After sponging off as much mud as he could, he found he had recovered 200 pages of a rare and valuable Islamic prayer book...
...Harry Bober assistant professor of Fine Arts, termed Conant's argument "weighted." He explained that it is "unfortunate" to talk about the humanities "in terms of a practice long ago outmoded." The history of Art, he added, does not rely on a collector's instinct or snob appeal. "One would have to look very far for snob appeal in the humanities," he declared. "For the most part the humanities are concerned with the broadest human motivation and the history of ideas...
SECTIONS: '55 found them very helpful since there was an excellent crop of section men last year. All were well informed, competent, and interested in students. They balanced discussion and lectures evenly. Schmaiz was tops. Bober was criticized for picking on students. Turner was excellent, presenting some new material. Miss Davidson was good, but had a demanding, high-level approach. Miss Meyer was excellent, but sometimes too obvious, and was a hard marker...
SECTIONS: '55 found them very helpful since there was an excellent crop of section men last year. All were well informed, competent, and interested in students. They balanced discussion and lectures evenly. Schmaiz was tops. Bober was criticized for picking on students. Turner was excellent, presenting some new material. Miss Davidson was good, but had a demanding, high-level approach. Miss Meyer was excellent, but sometimes too obvious, and was a hard marker...