Word: landmarks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Department Landmark...
That so much was accomplished last year justifies us in regarding 1928 as a landmark in the history of the Department of Economics fairly comparable with the appointment of Dunbar to the first professorship in 1871, the establishment of the Quarterly Journal of Economics in 1886, and the appointment of the first Committee on Economic Research in 1917. That original Committee, so far as I have yet been able to learn, was the first organization ever established in any university for the purpose of making permanent provision for economic research. Form its efforts have come, first, the Harvard Economic Society...
When the crowd of students watched the athletic building go up in flame and smoke yesterday morning they witnessed the passing of a landmark, despite its newness in comparison with other buildings of Harvard, well-dyed in the athletic history of the University. There is no room for maudlin sentimentality in Harvard tradition but there is enough sincere regret in the burning of the locker building to make its loss more one of attachment than of practicality. It is fortunate that the building is to be replaced by a modern structure through graduate generosity, but up to date conveniences...