Word: harrises
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Governor Furcolo presented a proposal to increase the size of classes in American colleges, made recently by Seymour E. Harris '20, Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Political Economy, to President Eisenhower Sunday. He urged that a Presidential Commission study the plan.
I disagree with the major theme of the editorial, namely, that Harvard should not train so many for the academic world. The greatest influence Harvard can have is in turning out large numbers of teachers. For every teacher trained we produce a multiple of business executives, engineers, statesmen, etc. The...
According to publicity statements, Winter Carnival "is the Dartmouth student's pride and the college girl's dream." However, a number of students complained that this year's event lacked the dash and sparkle usually attributed to it. Many blamed this on the fact that they were in the midst...
Evil Days. When it was called Massey-Harris, the firm captured a major, market in the late 1930s by coming out with the first self-propelled combine, began manufacturing tractors abroad after World War II, just in time to cash in on rising worldwide demand. But by 1956, poor management...
Cash in the Till. Thornbrough temporarily shut down several U.S. plants, slashed prices of the company's products below cost to clear out inventories, get cash in the till quickly. He streamlined the company by merging the Ferguson and Massey-Harris distribution systems, which often competed with each other...