Word: conant
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...establishment of the College committee to examine appeals for use of halls was interpreted as a partial concession to the various groups attacking the Browder ban. Appointment of the committee will be made by President Conant, an announcement of which is expected this week...
...addition to Brinton the Senior Fellows are President Conant; Dean Ferguson; President Lowell; Alfred N. Whitehead, professor of Philosophy , emeritus; John L. Lowes, Francis Lee Higginson Professor of English Literature, emeritus; Lawrence J. Henderson, Abbott and James Lawrence Professor of Chemistry; Samuel E. Moriston, professor of History: and Arthur D. Nock. Fronthingham Professor of the History of Religion...
Siepmann has been connected with the British Broadcasting Corporation for twelve years, of which the first eight were spent in the Adult Education Department, and the past four in executive offices, Invited by President Conant to perform research on the role of radio in education, and financed by a private American organization not connected with Harvard or with the British Government, he "nearly fell over backwards" in eagerness to accept the offer...
...Conant Defends Schools...
...defense of the schools. President Conant described to the educators the progress of Harvard's department of education, stating that the University has "set itself squarely against the traditional procedure of granting a professional degree in teaching on the basis of credits in courses...