Word: heard
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...majority of the Harvard community has probably never met or even heard of the man all the hoopla was about. The Fogg Art Museum and the Fine Arts Department it houses are, after all, neither the largest nor most controversial segments of the University. Coolidge himself has said that the Fogg has never been dominated by one man, and he has been no exception to the rule. But the Fogg has been transformed, substantially if quietly, in directions Coolidge is largely responsible for during his 20 year reign...
...happening. Certainly the scholarship and aesthetic judgment Coolidge values so highly can thrive in this quietude. But whether the impact of this intellectual activity may be obscured, whether the intelligent decisions may lose the impact they have traditionally had in an age when one has to scream to be heard, Coolidge's successor must decide
...role in selecting a new president of Harvard. Especially in view of events on other campuses this spring, it would be most undesirable for Harvard's next president to be chosen without any consideration of younger opinion. Norr's election wil help to ensure that this opinion will be heard...
...election of a younger alumnus to the Overseers, although a new departure, is by no means a revolutionary one. The question is not whether or not students should run Harvard, but simply whether they have a right to be heard at all. Henry Norr's election to the Overseers will give students and younger alumni an articulate voice in matters which are of concern to all Harvard...
Harvard and sons strove to atone for Yankee niggardliness. Seniors welcomed freshmen to the Houses, while the Navy took over the Yard; the Freshman Union became a communications school. Upperclassmen, those above the draft-eligible age of 20, heard their country call, and ROTC and the Enlisted Reserve Corps accepted many of them...