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Dean Ford and Oscar Handlin, Charles Warren Professor of American History, will debate the question, "Are We Pursuing the Proper Course in Vietnam?" tonight at 8 p.m. in Sanders Theatre. Handlin will defend the Administration's policy, and Paul J. Corkery '68 will moderate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Debate | 3/27/1968 | See Source »

ANOTHER problem is that most of the members are maladroit in the procedure of meetings. The few who know Robert's Rules are able to have their way. At the last meeting, Oscar Handlin provoked a debate over the use of the word "rally" in the television proposal. The 6 p.m. deadline approached as the debate went on, and the proposal was finally tabled for lack of time...

Author: By James K. Glassman, | Title: SFAC | 3/23/1968 | See Source »

Since schools which can't afford to build cyclotrons can still compete for historians (and everybody wants American historians), "It's a constant struggle to keep instructional quality in American history at a high level," Handlin says. This demand is partly responsible for the loss of two promising assistant professors of American history last year--Stephen Thernstrom, now a professor at Brandeis, and Gordon Wood, who went to the University of Michigan...

Author: By Jack Davis, | Title: The Unknown Charles Warren Center | 3/18/1968 | See Source »

...Warren bequest established four endowed professorships loosely affiliated with the Center which, when filled, may broaden the range of instruction in American history. When Handlin was named to the Warren professorship of American history, Bernard Bailyn filled the Winthrop chair vacated by Handlin, in turn freeing history department funds for a possible additional professorship. However, even if another tenured position is added to the history department, a new professor might not be in the American field...

Author: By Jack Davis, | Title: The Unknown Charles Warren Center | 3/18/1968 | See Source »

...been 14 years since The Harvard Guide to American History, first assembled in 1896, was revised by Handlin, Arthur Schlesinger, Samuel Eliot Morison, Frederick Merk, Arthur Schlesinger Jr. and Paul H. Buck. In what was the kitchen of the house the Warren Center now lives in, Richard K. Showman, formerly in charge of educational exhibits at Sturbridge Village, is working full-time to bring the bibliography up to date, under the general supervision of Frank Freidel...

Author: By Jack Davis, | Title: The Unknown Charles Warren Center | 3/18/1968 | See Source »

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