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...congressional-committee headlines as proCommunists (TIME, Aug. 9), the school caught a whiff of bad publicity. But, respected and liked in her Vermont community, Rugged Individualist Hinton attracted the children of some of the nation's top professional and amateur educators (e.g., High Commissioner for Germany James B. Conant, former Ford Foundation President Paul G. Hoffman, Pundit Marquis Childs), and unendowed Putney prospered...
...Office and modestly recalls his friendship with President Lowell and his deep interest in fostering tutorial. "Self education lies at the basis of the tutorial system," he explains, "with the tutor around to help get a better grasp of the subject." In his office hang autographed pictures from Presidents Conant and Lowell. Under Lowell's there is the inscription, "In gratitude to Dean Alfred C. Hanford for raising the respect for scholarship at Harvard College." He still leans back in his chair, a twinkle in his eyes, unlit pipe in hand, thinking carefully about phrasing each word just...
Leavitt and Peirce's two present employees, who have been at 1316 Massachusetts Avenue for 20 and 26 years, can recall when President Lowell dropped into the shop three times a week with his cocker spaniel, and when President Conant used to send his secretary down to buy Benson and Hedges cigars. The firm has not seen nor heard from President Pusey. But this is easily explained by the counterman...
There is no question that Dartmouth brings important men to speak to its seniors. Speakers who have appeared in the past few years include such named as Dean Acheson, Sherman Adams, Crane Brinton, Dean Bundy, President-Emeritus Conant, Raphael Demos, Irwin Edman, Erich Fromm, Wilbur K. Jordan, Owen Lattimore, Archibald MacLeish, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., and Paul J. Tillich...
Other speakers last night in New Lecture Hall were Robert Ulich, James Bryant Conant Professor of Education; and Frederick Weed '28, Headmaster of Roxbury Latin School...