Word: facultyman
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...gazed from across the street at the big, abandoned mansion in Rutherford, N.J., the young facultyman from Columbia University fell to musing. "Wouldn't it be wonderful," said he, "to turn that place into a college?" Eventually, Peter Sammartino did just that, but the institution he founded was far from orthodox. Now known as Fairleigh Dickinson University, it is one man's aggressive but imaginative answer to the increasing demand for higher education...
...doubted that many members would resign, like President Hutchins. One facultyman explained: "There isn't any place else to eat around here...
Washington still knows little about Dr. Conant. One of the stories about him that Washington enjoys is about a Harvard faculty meeting: After he had held forth learnedly on one of his ideas, there was a respectful silence and then a facultyman blurted: "President Conant, I'm frankly not sure whether what you said is correct." The president pondered a moment, replied: "Come to think of it, I'm not sure of it myself...
...Association acts only on specific complaint, usually one of dismissal without just cause or notice. Last winter it deplored the farce which Huey Long had made of academic freedom in his Louisiana State University, but held its fire because no facultyman had yet dared raise his voice in protest. When a complaint seems worthy of action, Committee A asks A. A. U. P. chapters in neighboring universities to nominate an investigating committee. The committee visits the complainant's campus, hears both sides firsthand. Sometimes it finds that a sluggard or incompetent has got his just deserts. Sometimes...