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...present, are mentioned for their "collectivist" views. These include former Communists like Richard Gorham Davis, Daniel J. Boorstin '34, Granville Hicks '23, Helen Deane Markham, Leon J. Kamin '49--no longer associated with the University--and Wendell H. Furry, associate professor of Physics. Kirtley F. Mather, professor of Geology, emeritus, and Harlow Shapley, Paine Professor of Practical Astronomy, are classified as "fellow travelers" by Root...
...most part, one of the dominant characteristics of the new young Christians is not their concern with social service but their preoccupation with finding themselves. "Religiously," says Clarence P. Shedd, emeritus professor of Christian methods at Yale, "it is a wistful generation, tired of living on 'snap judgments' and seeking enduring foundations . . . This does not mean a 'return' to religion or a 'revival' of religion. Rather it means that these students are seeking to come to grips with the basic problems of faith and living. They are asking not superficial but ultimate questions...
...expansion is part of the overall plan to establish at the University "a center of religious learning." This program was first set forth in 1952 when President Conant, emeritus, announced a campaign to raise $5 million for the School. President Pusey reaffirmed the policy in his convocation address to the School in 1953. Since then, the size of the student body has almost doubled...
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Francis Leo Higginson Professor of History, emeritus, called De Voto "a notable figure in our generation." He added that "some of us thought his forthright stands were very enlightened...
...course, that the cost of maintaining and raising educational standards precludes expansion in the foreseeable future. In this event, the proportion of American youths who attend college need not necessarily decline. State universities will increase their enrollments, and perhaps something like the two-year colleges suggested by President Emeritus James B. Conant could be set up. At any rate, Harvard, in insuring the high standards of American education, will have fulfilled its responsibility to the nation...