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...sciences, Jerome S. Bruner, professor of Psychology, Kenneth J. Conant, professor of Architecture, Harold D. Levine '29, clinical associate in Medicine, Eugene G. Richow, professor of Chemistry, and Carroll M. Williams, professor of Zoology, won awards...
When James Conant became President in 1933, he found America's oldest college filled with well-to-do students from the Eastern seaboard, most of whom suffered from neither ambition nor ability. One of his most imaginative efforts at reform was the National Scholarship program, which sought out able insolvents from all parts of the nation and guaranteed them four years of study, free from term-time work...
...first time changed as the Committee substituted a performance by the Hasty Pudding Club for the usual motion pictures. The trend toward entertainment had only barely begun, however, and Elliott Perkins '23, then Assisstant Dean of Freshmen, spoke on "Individualism of Harvard." In 1934 the speeches of President Conant and of F. Skiddy von Stade jr., secretary-treasurer of his class, shared the spotlight with Bill Cunningham, Rabbit Marenville, and Rudy Valle. In the next year, President Conant gave way to Jimmy Foxx...
...bevy of "40 beautiful girls." The following year bubble dancer Sally Rand, amid a barrage of pennies, spoke on "How to be Intelligent though Educated." In addition to Miss Rand the Smoker Committee presented Frank Buck, the human giant Jack Earle, and Felix Adler, the world famous clown. President Conant did not appear...
...Conant, a chemist before becoming president of Harvard, left the University in 1953 to become U.S. High Commissioner in Germany and is now Ambassador to West Germany...