Word: brower
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...astronomy professor, Liller roomed all four years in Adams House with a history major. He sees diversity as one of the main strengths of the House and of the College. Though he follows an English professor, retiring master Reuben Brower, he hopes that his being a scientist will not reshape Adams' image...
...Master Brower, like Liller, was young when he took over the House, and Liller hopes to continue his policies. "Master Brower favors a turnover in masters, and should be applauded for those views. I hope that when the time comes to step down, I shall have as much grace and foresight...
...something to it: people who feel a little awed at the top of a mountain, or even those who prickle when they hear a Simon and Garfunkel record, are likely to know what he means. But it's easy for talk like that to degenerate into guff, and Brower seems somewhat uncomfortable when he has to play the role of visionary...
That may be because the amorphous movement he is helping to lead is still just beginning to get people's attention. It is still hard to show that the science and the ethics of the environment are bound up with each other. Brower looks toward the possibility of making jobs for people who can comfortably practice both, but for now he has had to spend most of his time just telling people the right questions...
...Obviously that's not an answer," Brower says, "only a method. But the answers have to come. With consumption doubling every decade, we've got to recognize that our generation cannot responsibly commit future ones to the kind of world they will have. That's what we're doing now. When it happens in an individual, we call it cancer...