Word: discussing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Know-Nothing. After Pearl Harbor George worked with the Roosevelt Administration to raise the billions necessary for war. Only once was there anything that approached a raking-over of past unpleasantness. That came when George was called to the White House to discuss a new tax proposal. President Roosevelt, arguing that the tax would be good politics, said expansively: "Walter, if I know anything at all about Georgia politics ..." Into George's eyes came a warning glint. The President caught the look, laughed sheepishly, concluded hastily: "And I certainly...
Stephen Spender, the distinguished English poet, will give a reading from his poems at 8:30 p.m. Sunday in Fogg Museum. Two critics, Edwin Honig, Briggs-Copeland Assistant Professor of English, and J. M. Brinnin of the New York City Poetry Center will discuss Spender's recent changes in his poem, "Shapes of Death Haunt Life...
...Robert Oppenheimer '26 will discuss his views on government regulation of scientific research and his own work as a scientist in a film of his interview with Edward R. Murrow, which was televised last fall. The 45 minute show begins at 8 p.m. in the Adams House dining hall, with no admission charge...
...uproar for two months over the ban on talks by Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and the subsequent cancelling of two lectures and two scientific conferences. The faculty senate has condemned President Henry Schmitz' veto of lectures by the atomic scientist, students have petitioned, and Schmitz himself has refused to discuss his reasons for the ban. Efforts by some members of the faculty to find a compromise have now partially succeeded--with a two-sided statement expressing faith in the president as a supporter of academic freedom and disagreement with the decision in the Oppenheimer case. Still, the real question involved...
...Conferences on Fields of Concentration will begin tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the second floor debate room of the Union. Professor Frank H. Westheimer will talk on the field of Chemistry, Professor Frank M. Carpenter '26 will speak on Biology, and Associate Professor Ronald M. Ferry '12 will discuss Bio-chemical Sciences...