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...addition Louis H. Marburg '35, Edward L. Rogers '36, and George D. Keller 1ES have been elected respectively Senior, Junior, and Sophomore representatives...
Substitutions: Harvard: Furdy, Keller, Diamond, Ford, Haristone. Wood. Salant...
...this year's Freshman team, ten men have already been selected as the first string lineup. They are Nicholas J. Bounakos, John A. Carter, Alan J. Dimond, Bruce H. Fernald, George D. Hartstone, William H. Howe, Jr., George D. Keller, Daniel F. Keyes, Laurence B. Levy, and Merrill B. Rubinow. Most of these men have had experience in the game while in prep-school...
...Sumner was an "opener of minds," his method was that described by Mr. Keller of "speaking out the truth as a basis of understanding." His phraseology was that of a plain speaking man, courageous in all his intellectual and personal relations, tart when tartness was due and effective. Examples are only too copious; "What are we teachers of Greek going to do if Greek is no longer required?" asked a colleague. "Do?" retorted Sumner. "Learn something else and teach it. I've had to do that, twice in my life." Or again, mordantly, to the class, "In the colonies, during...
...those accustomed to polite academic society, this vigorous honesty is somewhat startling, somewhat refreshing. As Mr. Keller doubtless hoped, it blasts away the common sophistry which is the delight of modern professorial dignity and which resides within the debate over "research" and teaching. Typically enough, Sumner, eschewing the word research, maintained that, "Far from being detrimental to teaching, diligent and incessant study, was an indispensable requisite to it. This he took as axiomatic and spent no time talking about it." In form, this is a book of reminiscences; it is a sentimental document, the clear portrait of a great teacher...