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...Oscar Handlin, professor of History, asserted that the problem of city development has resulted from the changing nature of society. "We stand at an interesting juncture in history, in which one kind of urban community is drawing to a close," he said...
...change has been so rapid and radical that the name "city" is now obsolete, according to Handlin. He added that "we can no longer treat Boston, New York, or Philadelphia as urban centers--we must rather consider the entire regions as urban societies...
...Oscar Handlin, professor of History at Harvard, will deliver the only public address of the conference, on "The Modern City as a Field of Historical Scholarship...
Some of the Harvard Faculty members who will participate in the conference are Oscar Handlin; Carl J. Friedrich, professor of Government; Morton G. White, professor of Philosophy; Alexander Gerschenkron, professor of Economics: and Frank B. Freidel, professor of History...
Several members of the faculty and student body apparently felt themselves free from the restrictions of ordinary politeness and even civility. One Brandeis professor suggested that since Handlin seemed incapable of hate, he might well be incapable of love; another rose to announce that Elchmann was going broke, and perhaps the hat ought to be passed--to Handlin first, of course. When Hughes stated at the con of the ing that he had previous obligations and could not spend the rest of the evening at Brandeis, he was harassed and booed, and told by the angry audience that he really...