Word: greatful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...moment later, when asked if he wanted the lights turned up as he worked to invent a new war weapon, speaks the great curtain line for the first act: "No. Give me deeper darkness. Money is not made in the light...
According to Croman, the great upsurge in contributions indicates "a great underlying shift in attitude towards the Council. It is the student body's evaluation of how much we have succeeded...
...Mather minced no words in expressing his opinion of members of the State Senate following the defeat of the pay increase. "After all, we cannot attract professors with fresh air and a small town atmosphere. And the idea of a 'dedicated teacher' who completely ignores his salary is a great deal of bunk," Mather cuttingly remarked. Two days later, in order to call public attention to the legislature's actions, the president resigned his post effective June 30, 1960. He showed no intention of dropping his fight, however. "During this, my final academic year at the University of Massachusetts," Mather...
...ratio means there are 13 students to each class--is completely wrong. This makes professors only teachers; they must have time to think up ideas." With so much time necessarily devoted to instruction, few members of the UMass faculty have the opportunity for independent research, "the underpinning of a great university." Although great advances have been made to increase research--from $83,000 six years ago to $1.5 million last year--the lack of time for independent work remains one of the university's greatest drawbacks. Harvard has both the endowment and the research grants to make pioneering work possible...
...literature. Shakespeare. Must hit Shakespeare before I leave this place." Again the little grey book, this time page 134--English 126a, Shakespeare: Histories and Comedies, MWF at 12. "Fine just great. And maybe a little Chaucer, too." Page 133, English 115, Chaucer, MWF at 12. Two more notes on the pad. "Well, that's that. Can't take all of them, but it's a fine bunch to choose from...