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...imminent retirement of John K. Fairbank '29, Higginson Professor of History, has affected both his fall and spring courses. Enrollment in Social Sciences 11a, "East Asian Civilization: China," was markedly higher during the fall semester than in previous years, Peter W. Stanley '62, assistant professor of History, said yesterday...
Stanley attributed the rise to many students' desire to take Fairbank's course before he retires. Stanley said he is "encouraged by the high enrollment," and has petitioned Dean Rosovsky for another section person in order to help cover additional material...
Emerson 105 is filled to overflowing during History 1711, "The United States and East Asia," another Fairbank course. Mary Parson '78 said yesterday that large first-day crowds reflected the course's popularity and encouraged even more students to enroll later...
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...Harvard administration's attempt to clear itself of any tie with Park range from pious vows of ignorance to outright justification: "We would just be left extremely ethical but completely broke." (John Fairbank, Crimson, Nov. 22). Harvard's record is clear: on the same side as Henry Kissinger, Daniel Moynihan and the National Security Agency. The KTA's grant may not, in fact, be for actual political or military research in the service of General Park. But if it is, it is hardly news in Harvard's long history as a bulwark of U.S. imperialism...