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Perhaps the most astonishing thing about the society is that it exists at all. It is successor to the old Kaiser Wilhelm Society, founded in 1911 under the patronage of Germany's last emperor. By the '20s, the original society had attracted a galaxy of scientific stars, including Albert Einstein, Werner Heisenberg, Otto Hahn, Fritz Haber and Max Planck, whose quantum theory is the cornerstone of modern physics. When the Nazis came to power in the '30s, the society's fortunes sagged. Planck, who was head of the society during those turbulent years, tried to stop...
Distenfield now handles accounts for at least 25 convicts. Most trade in low-priced stock, but "they are doing about as well as anyone else playing the market today," says their teacher. One prisoner bought Outboard Marine at 12, sold at 21; then he bought Kaiser Aluminum at 16, sold at 26. Another invested $900, in Kaiser Aluminum and American Motors, and eight months later had an investment worth more than $1,400. Still, other customers have not done so well. One of Distenfield's students bought 20 shares of a Chicago real estate investment company, only...
...showed we couldn't be pushed around." Consistent with their approval of the President's foreign policies, pro-Nixon panelists strongly oppose McGovern's proposal to reduce defense spending by $32 billion over three years. "In order to keep us a first-class nation," explains Harry Kaiser, a Flint, Mich., truck driver, "there's no way of cutting without affecting our status. Russia is already the No. 1 power...
Yesterday's opening was the beginning of the first of two week-long sessions. About 80 alumni will attend each session. Each session is divided into two courses. The first session, which runs through Friday, offers a course given by Walter Kaiser, professor of English and Comparative Literature, called "Shakespeare the Historian" and a course given by Richard J. Light, associate professor of Education, called "Inequalities of Education...
Members of the Alumni College will be staying at Lowell House. Aside from their scholarly activities, the alumni will join in a clambake at Crane's Beach and a cocktail party at Kaiser's Cambridge home...