Word: evens
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Council has suggested two alternatives to the Administration's present course: the setting up of a "President's Fund" to take care of pressing short-run departmental needs; and the appointment of associate professors even without the mathematical certainty that they will be promoted to full professorships. These proposals are neither impractical nor startling. Both were implied in the Committee of Eight's Report, and the "frozen" associate professorships have been urged by the Crimson, the Progressive and the high-sounding "Committee to Save Harvard Education." Skirting the broad issue of dictatorship (however benevolent) versus democracy in Harvard's administration...
...even fight Mr. Conant on his own ground by granting him his sweeping generalization of the classless society. But it is impossible to concede to him that such a society is so easy of attainment. Mr. Conant must be over-impressed with the importance of his profession if he believes that education is a force powerful enough to go far in annihilating caste barriers. It seems necessary--even if it is trite--to remind him that equality of ability and equality of training do not mean equality of opportunity. Economic power still continues to be a decisive factor...
Most of Mr. Conant's listeners are probably still of the opinion that a society without caste never was and never will be. Even his own Utopia, where education catapults the men with intellect or talent into positions of power, is possessed of a caste system--with caste resting upon intellect and talent. Even if the ruling class turns over to a certain extent, it is still a ruling class; and there is no real or universal freedom...
...indiscreet to carp at the plot of a musical comedy, but it is nothing short of a criminal offense for the authors of a show, in this case Messrs. Nicholson and Robinson, to deprive a trouper like Bert Wheeler of even the smallest semblance of a comic line. In fact, throughout the whole show there is a singular lack of hilarity...
...Puritan team outplayed the Gold Coasters throughout the game, as Sam Binnian, Ham Daughaday, and Hammy Smith starred on the defense, preventing Adams from getting even one first down. Lou Bachrach and Bill Magruder at end were the best players for the losers...