Word: dean
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...time that Canwell was conducting the investigation at the University, public reaction against his methods began to form. Educators and even other legislators complained of the inability of the accused to defend themselves. J. Alfred Schweppe, former dean of the University law school and a past president of the Washington bar, complained that the Canwell Committee itself was "un-American." One of the professors accused of being a Communist, Herbert Phillips, was prevented from replying to the "are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?" question with anything but a yes or no answer...
Last month, Leonard was asked by the Rutgers public relations department to take part in a radio debate. He was to take the affirmative side of the topic." "Are Corporation Profits Too High?" This he did. The debate came off without great excitement. But soon afterwards Leonard said, the dean advised him on a friendly basis that taking the affirmative side in such a debate was not the age it get ahead at Rutgers...
These men had been dropped for "economic reasons," the Trustees said. Dean James F. Mathias amplified on this statement...
...telegram to the CRIMSON, Harmos Caldwell, Chancellor of the university, stated that the college dean had recommended that Barfoot's contract "not be renewed on the ground that he had only a bachelor's degree and was making no serious effort to go forward with his graduate work and secure higher degrees...
During the course of an interview following the announcement, John A. Stewart III, chairman of the graduate committee, said that his group's action was the result of a request from the Dean's office. "The Dean came to us in late November to talk over the problem of curtailing football weekends," Stewart explained...