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Another foray into national politics came as a climax to his long-standing protest against the Sacco-Vanzetti decision. On the 20th anniversary of the execution, in 1947, Schlesinger presented a plaque honoring the pair to the Governor of Massachusetts, requesting that they be honored in the same manner as...
On professors reluctant to adopt Hutchins' views of education: "Faculties always oppose any new program by saying the students can't do the work, which always means that the faculty doesn't want to do the work."
Beer & Bull Sessions. Educator Hutchins moved into a suite in Haverford's Founders Hall, for five days dined with undergraduates, drank beer with them, attended their classes (he had a tough time in chemistry). In bull sessions, he got ample opportunity to deliver himself of a few long-standing...
Ask the Questions. Critic Hutchins was impressed by what he found at Haverford, tried in vain to get students to complain about the teaching. "If I were ever a college president again," he declared, "I'd try to run it on Quaker principles." His week's companions were...
Last week Hutchins returned to deliver his scheduled Commencement address. His attentive audience found him still pleased with what he had seen. "A college is essentially a place where questions are asked . . . Haverford asks the questions. It is difficult to make a statement on this campus without having it challenged...