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...remains essentially unaltered to this day. Emphasis on a field of concentration continues; for distribution the Faculty has substituted a program in general education--a program now in full swing with the entire support of the Faculty and student body. With the appointment of the Senior Tutors--the Allston Burr Senior Tutors they will be called in honor of the memory of Allston Burr--with the appointment of these gentlemen, an effective integration of the Houses and our educational program will be possible. The whole concept of "collegiate living" as a way of providing a liberal education now emerges clearly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Conant Reaffirms Value of Long-Range Research And Academic Freedom in Commencement Talk | 9/22/1952 | See Source »

Revolving Door. For Philip Murray, the Irish labor boss with a Scottish burr, a gentle manner and a stubborn will, last week's settlement was the biggest victory in the procession of victories he has won since organizing Big Steel for the C.I.O. in mid-Depression. Then (1936) he found steel with an average wage of 66? an hour. The settlement announced last week will raise the average steelworker to around $2.05 an hour: the contract grants a straight 16? plus about 6? in fringe benefits. In other words, since 1936, Murray's steelworkers have beaten inflation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: The Government's Strike | 8/4/1952 | See Source »

Best Plays (Sun. 8:30 p.m., NBC). The Hasty Heart, with Anne Burr, John Sylvester...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RADIO: Program Preview, Jun. 30, 1952 | 6/30/1952 | See Source »

...next two Burr tutors appointed: William H. McLain, assistant professor of German, (Dunster), and Charles P. Whitlock, Associate Director of the Bureau of Study Counsel (Dudley Center...

Author: By David C. D. rogers, | Title: Burr Senior Tutors Revolutionize House Plan | 6/19/1952 | See Source »

...question is parliamentary. While retaining faculty members, the eight Senior Tutors and Registrar Sargent Kennedy will be added to the Administrative Board. Working on the theory that the Senior Tutor's responsibility is to the Houses and the Administrative Board's to the University some have suggested that the Burr Tutors should play advocate and plead his housemaster's case before the Board who would then act as judges...

Author: By David C. D. rogers, | Title: Burr Senior Tutors Revolutionize House Plan | 6/19/1952 | See Source »

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