Word: furor
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Below the legislative level, much of the furor has been concentrated on colleges. Certain powerful Williams College alumni did their best last year to get Professor Frederick Schuman fired. Schuman was rated one of the college's top lecturers by the students; certainly no one can call the Williams student body radical...
...that the student body has almost forgotten its demand for a survey of College food, and lapsed back into appreciation of the perceptible, if minor, improvement in the quality of dining hall food since the recent furor, the Administration has come up with a survey. This is a Good Thing, and about time...
Seller was asked by Vice-President Reynolds a week ago to undertake a special inquiry and to make recommendations for improvement of food and its preparation. Seiler attributes the survey, to recant student furor about food, particularly as shown is the Council poll...
Herbert Phillips, one of the three professors fired from the University of Washington in the furor this month over communism and academic freedom, is tentatively scheduled to address the Harvard Philosophy Club early in May. He will discuss Moore's "Universals...
...activities of Dwyer and LoPresti built up a tremendous furor by the end of the year. After first denying reports that he planned to fire Dr. Van Waters, Commissioner McDowell advised the press that he would make a decision on December 27. On that day, he conferred with Governor Bradford, and announced that he would dismiss Dr. Van Waters when Dever took office. When reporters inquired if he had informed her of his intention, he said: "I guess she will find out when you fellows print your papers...