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...ironic that President Lawrence Summers, touted initially as a groundbreaking Harvard president like Charles W. Eliot, class of 1853, apparently pursued a presidential style of leadership quite reminiscent of President A. Lawrence Lowell’s handling of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Once Lowell, class of 1877 and president from 1909 to 1933, decided on a course of action, he opposed further discussion or hesitation. According to Eliot, president from 1869 to 1909, Lowell was “resolute,” even tactless, in pursuing what he believed to be the truth, yet “ingenious...
Samuel M. Simon ’06 is a social studies concentrator in Eliot House. His column appears on alternate Thursdays...
...really bright and smoky,” she said. Alex Slack ’06, who is a former editorial chair of The Crimson, also witnessed the activity outside the restaurant. According to Slack, police had blocked off the portion of JFK Street between Mt. Auburn Street and Eliot Street, and three firetrucks responded to the fire. But Kenneth Zimmerman, who was finishing a drink at The Red House when the fire took place, said all of the activity was an overreaction. “It was really just a small chimney fire that just smoked...
...tenure—the shortest since the Civil War—might be unusual, the onslaught of criticism at its close is by no means unique. Bass Professor of English and American Literature and Language Louis Menand recalls controversy surrounding presidential searches dating back to 1909. President Charles William Eliot, Class of 1853, transformed Harvard into a research university. Forty years later, a lack of structure in the curriculum led to his ouster. His successor—A. Lawrence Lowell, Class of 1877—created the concept of the concentration. Lowell, in turn, came under fire for his racism...
...heard of the University Council. At one point in Harvard history, there was a more active Academic Council that consisted of “all the professors of all the faculties” and served as “an advisory board for appointments,” wrote Samuel Eliot Morison, Class of 1908, the author of “Three Centuries of Harvard: 1636-1936.”And according to Morison, the Academic Council was used for a time by President Charles W. Eliot, Class of 1853, who led the University from 1869 to 1909.Though the body...