Word: conant
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...would do this, Conant said, because of his fondness for headlines. "It is quite easy for such people to be flattered by certain organizations," he added. "They are told they are great. An appeal is made to their humanitarian and, in some cases, pacifistic sentiments...
Some such professors are "naive beyond belief" politically, Conant said, but still are competent professors in their field...
...members of the humanities teaching staff yesterday defended President Conant's statement about "antiquarianism" and "snob appeal" in that area from the attack by four of their colleagues Thursday...
...original criticism was directed against Conant's section called "The Role of the Humanities in a Technological Age" in his report for 1951-52, in which he said "Much of what passes for appreciation of the arts and letters in some circles is a combination of antiquarianism, a collector's instinct and the old snob appleal of a 'gentleman's education...
...gentleman's education' to get hot under the collar. Of course, a world without snobs would be terribly lonely for us, and the teaching of the arts in General Education would find itself on the old spot of 'ain't it lovely.' I am sure this is not what Conant had in mind...