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Briggs-Edward S. Castle '25, Physiology; Kenneth J. Conant '15, Architecture; Raphael Demos, Philosophy; John T. Dunlop, Economics; and John K. Fairbank '29, History; and John N.D. Bush, English...
...when our State Department is able to work it out, would be to sell out our business firms trading with China, to desert the 1500 American missionaries still in the field, to surrender a century's investment of good will, and so play into Russia's hands. John K. Fairbank Professor of History
Through the programs of all 12 Niemans, certain courses run as pronounced favorites. Eleven are taking Professor Frederick Merk's "History of the Westward Movement," while other popular courses include Professor John K. Fairbank's History of "Far Eastern Civilization," Professor Arthur M. Schlesinger's "Cultural History of the United States," and visiting Professor Robert Wolf's "Russia and the West...
...Nevertheless," Fairbank said, "It would be foolish for the United States to take a hostile and negative attitude toward the Chinese Communists rather than establishing reasonably friendly relations to keep the economic and cultural ties we still have with China...
...very difficult, Fairbank said, to ascertain how closely the Chinese adhere to the Russian political line. "Some Americans who have just returned from Peking told me the Chinese Communists are still very nationalistic...