Word: departmenters
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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"Action of the Government Department in the cases of the terminating assistant professorships followed completely democratic lines," Arthur N. Holcombe, professor of Government and Chairman of the Department of Government, stated in an interview yesterday.
"The only difference between the department and the administration," he continued, "is in the matter of apportionment of permanent appointments. The department is seeking two additional ones."
The Economics Department has abolished Plan B, contradicting runners of an inadequate number of tutors in the department. Professor Harold H. Burbank, Chairman of the Board of Tutors in Economics, said that the department had taken no unusual action.
"The opportunity was there to restore the previous Plan A system, if it could be done within the Department's budget, I was able to do this and it has been accepted by the Dean and the President." Burbank stated.
Instead of appointing only so many associate professors as can be later advanced, the Administration should permit each department to name as many associate professors as its teaching needs dictate--exercising supervision to the extent of imposing a total budgetary limit. This would ensure that every department had enough "middle...