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...William Allan Neilson '98, former president of Smith College, and a colleague of George Lyman Kittredge '82, and Bliss Perry in the great days of the English department. Returning to the House which he left with such pomp and ceremony last year will be Roger B. Merriman '96, Gurney Professor of History and Political Science, John P. Kennedy, Jr. '44, chairman of the House Committee will speak in behalf of the undergraduate. All House Alumni are especially invited to take part in the dinner...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eliot Will Hold Traditional Dinner | 3/19/1943 | See Source »

...speakers on the program will be John P. Kennedy '44, chairman of the House Committee; Lucien Price, Editor of the Boston Globe; and Roger B. Merriman, former master of the House and Gurney Professor of History and Political Science. All House alumni are invited and it is hoped that those who can will attend...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: President Eliot's Birthday to Be Marked by Dinner Here | 3/11/1943 | See Source »

...Senate Military Affairs Committee started hearings on the size of the Army (see p. 16), said he would not make up his mind until he had "all the evidence." His committee also considered lengthening the work week (but did not say how). Cracked South Dakota's Senator Chan Gurney: "If you have 18,000,000 men in industry working 40 hours a week to produce a given amount of goods, you could get the same amount from 12,000,000 working 60 hours a week, thereby freeing 6,000,000 for the armed forces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Work, Opinions, Feuds | 2/1/1943 | See Source »

Know as "Copey" to alumni and students, Professor Copeland has served the University in various Faculty positions since 1893. He was 84 this year. He is a member of the famous Class of '82, which included among other notables, George Lyman Kittredge, Gurney Professor of English Literature and famous Shakespeare authority, who died last year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Copeland Recital is Put Off Until After Yule Holidays | 12/11/1942 | See Source »

When he finished Chan Gurney knew he had made no dent in his 39 opponents' convictions. Two days had they argued that Army & Navy heads are not infallible, that Allies should bear their share of the war burden, that 18-and 19-year-old men are too young for bloody combat. Nobody thought to mention that most teen-agers were raring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Out | 11/2/1942 | See Source »

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