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President emeritus James B. Conant '14 is also expected to be in Cambridge during Commencement and may receive an honorary doctor of laws degree at the ceremonies...
...prize of approximately $50 will be awarded to a Natural Sciences student for the first time this spring. The award comes from a gift made by James B. Conant '14 when he was president of the University. It will be given yearly to the student in an elementary general education course of the physical sciences who submits the best essay on a subject of scientific interest...
Refuting the views of former President Conant, Griswold agreed with the principle of universal military training but asserted that "despite the approach of manhood, boys of eighteen are not men." Conant has always been a staunch advocate of "a universal military service law requiring every able-bodied young man to enter the armed forces at eighteen or on graduation from high school...
...chemist, Conant described how numerous technological discoveries will change many phases of life. New farming techniques will solve the world's food problem, and the use of solar energy may supply an inexhaustible source of power for homes and industries...
...Conant left the University...