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...went to Wisconsin to pursue this object via the American Museum of Natural History in New York, where he was a research associate from 1932 to 1943. A lectureship at Hunter College was insufficient; he wanted to teach at a university. There was an opening at Wisconsin, and through it, he rose to a full professorship and the chairmanship of his department. He was also a professor of Integrated Liberal Studies, Wisconsin's optional version of General Education, before he was brought here to succeed Hooton...
...Corporation has voted to omit the lectureship this year because none of the scholars invited could accept, and it was too late to issue further invitations after the declinations were received...
Because of the decision to omit the lectureship, next year's general field will be in literature. The plan of rotation for lecturers calls for a literature topic every other year, with fine arts and music alternating in the years between...
...lectureship began in 1925 and has continued annually since, with the exception of the academic years 1927-8 and 1934-5 and the war years, 1941-2 through...
Although nominally, the lectureship is for poetry, the endowment calls for a broad definition of the word, in order to encompass the creative arts, such as music and painting, as well as literature...