Word: latters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Indoor Athletic Building--all were under way, and some ready to be opened. But the center of attraction remained a cluster of neo-Georgian structures along the river--Lowell's new Houses. In late September, the President conducted a press tour of the newly opened Dunster and Lowell. The latter's first High Table was held soon after, and things went up from there...
...latter part of the year, Lowell's plan of the Society of Fellows was brought into being through his gift. Three of the first five Junior Fellows appointed that Spring are now distinguished members of the Harvard Faculty: Professors Birkhoff, Quine, and Skinner. President Church received its more recently position the next year, calling for more fellowships for distinguished scholars. The College-wide concern for scholarship could be seen in the long discussion of "snap" courses, the demand for longer library hours, and more attention to the tutorial system...
Died. Stephen L (for nothing) Richards, 79, first counselor in the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, one of the powerful triumvirate that rules the church, shrewd lawyer and businessman who concentrated on the far-flung Mormon missionary program; of a heart attack; in Salt Lake City...
...evident from last Wednesday's CRIMSON that the coming year will be most crucial for the future of Harvard Athletics. For during this period the administration will decide whether to continue full support of the athletic program or whether to put a ceiling on athletic expenditures. If the latter course is adopted, such sports as wrestling, soccer, and 150-lb. crew would presumably be reduced to club status...
Finally, Dudley must achieve full recognition from the Harvard community in order to truly become a House. Most of the impetus for this must obviously come from within Dudley House. However, much could be done from without. The monumentality of the latter problem is no more eloquently shown than by your edition of May 7, 1959, which, while devoting the better part of three pages to a sympathetic survey of the problems of Dudley House, could at the same time list the Junior Ushers from Dudley House underneath the other seven Houses, identifying them only as "the remaining ushers...