Word: callings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Some Harvard administrators call it the Kennedy School Library. Some say the Engelhard Library. Others just mutter, "That damned library...
...University remained adamant about considering the boycott issue by way of traditional channels. House committee consideration and a subsequent Student Asembly call for a petition drive garnered thousands of signatures and broadened the boycott's base of support. But administrators told boycott organizers they would have to present their case before CHUL, since the Student Assembly was not yet officially recognized by the University...
Just what Harvard will officially call the library is not clear. Existing records, such as the Corporation's minutes in January and this year's Treasurer's Report refer to it as the Engelhard Library; those will never be changed, Daniel Steiner '54, general counsel to the University, says. But he adds he is not sure how--or if--the different members of the Corporation will refer to the library in the future. Since the Engelhard Foundation, the K-School administration and the students all appear satisfied with the resolution, the Corporation will probably consider the library issue closed...
Those on the national scene who support the legislation echo Ylvisaker's call for increased coordination and coherence in educational policy. Elizabeth Abramowitz, the White House's chief lobbyist for the proposal, says educational decision-makers are buried in bureaucracy. "It may sound trivial on the face of it," Abramowitz explains, "but the Secretary of Labor, for example, may never consult with the Commissioner of Education because he (the Commissioner) is five levels below...
...just too damned important" to be buried, he says, adding, "Even if the Secretary of Education lost battle after battle, we'd still have a spokesman." Bailey takes a more pragmatic view. Education, he argues, must be "dignified and elevated to the point when somebody like Derek Bok can call up the Secretary on a particular issue and say, 'For Chrissakes...