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...dispel some of the rumors current in the community concerning candidates for the presidency of the University. The offer of Thomas P. Hoving on permanent loan from the City of New York has been refused with thanks. Charlie Wong declined the appointment, muttering something about dirty linen. Oscar Handlin has said that he prefers to remain in a position of real power. Sidney Hook's public statement-that he would not accept the appointment because the necessity of putting theory into practice would limit his academic freedom-annoyed members of the Corporation since he was not under consideration. Several candidates...
...small group of senior Faculty members, led by the late Robert J. McCloskey, professor of Government, and including Wolff and Oscar Handlin, Charles Warren Professor of American History, began meeting informally in September. In January, after students sat in at the Paine Hall Faculty meeting, the professors agreed the Faculty was in a crisis situation and the caucus began meeting formally...
...small group of senior Faculty members, led by the late Robert J. McCloskey, professor of Government, and including Wolff and Oscar Handlin, Charles Warren Professor of American History, began meeting informally in September. In January, after students sat in at the Paine Hall Faculty meeting, the professors agreed the Faculty was in a crisis situation and the caucus began meeting formally...
...because I do not think history is a "business" as Professor Bailyn has said it is. I am leaving because all intellectual enthusiasm is being drained out of me by studying for generals and writing and thinking to please others. I am leaving because I am horrified when Professor Handlin suggests "ranking" our class from one to fifteen as an alternative to grades. I am leaving because Roman history means nothing to me and I can think of better ways to discipline my mind. I am leaving because I am already "withdrawn" from a Department which Professor Bailyn describes...
...write this letter. I am leaving because I want to teach in junior or community colleges where a Harvard Ph.D. could create an additional barrier between students and myself. I am leaving because Professor May thinks America was imperialist for only a three-year period and because Professor Handlin thinks black people are only another ethnic group. I am leaving because "preserving the amenities" at Harvard means denying any chance for change. Spare us from the "amenities" of any world...