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...intellectual, spiritual and political leadership of the United States bears so uncanny a resemblance to the list of Harvard's alumni that this College's designation as a fascinating and legitimate subject of study seems evident, even obvious. (In his book New England Literary Culture, Professor Lawrence Buell points out that "more than one-third of all male New England writers of consequence between the Revolution and the Civil War" were Harvard graduates.) And yet, out of all the courses described in the 788 pages of the Courses of Instruction 1995-96 handbook, not one concerns the history of Harvard...
...through it even as they have shaped it--sometimes because they embraced those values and methods, and often because they rebelled against them. Harvard as an institution has affected American history simply because of the colorful personalities it has touched. How many know of the circumstances, also recounted in Buell's book, behind the simple change in Harvard's motto from "Veritas" to "Christo et Ecclesiae?" President Increase Mather sponsored this amendment as an expression of Harvard's commitment to Orthodox Congregationalism in the face of the onslaught of Unitarianism--a struggle which led to the creation of another college...
Although organizers said more than 150 participants attended the conference, no member of the faculty Committee on Ethnic Studies took part. From the administration, only Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III and Dean of Undergraduate Education J. Lawrence Buell attended...
...Buell attended the morning portion of the conference and then left for Switzerland...
Dean of the Faculty Jeremy Knowles, Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68, Dean for Undergraduate Education Lawrence Buell and President Neil L. Rudenstine have all declined invitations for the conference, according to Veronica S. Jung '97, the co-chair of the Academic Affairs Committee (AAC) of the Harvard Foundation, which is sponsoring the conference...