Word: leightons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Thursday, Dean Leighton indicated that the members of the University hierachy were not in favor of the proposal. Leighton said "the Council seems to have gone along assuming that a vacation can be created from school days...
...While Leighton said he did not know how the Corporation would feel on the matter, the Council felt that a "liberal minded" Corporation would agree to "the suggestions of the participants...
...Dean Leighton, in a conference yesterday, disclosed that some men felt the "central problem has not been met." By this, he meant that they believed the Council had never brought up the question of whether or not the "working year" should be shortened. He said the Council seems to have gone along, assuming that a vacation can be created from school days...
...Leighton further added that Mrs. Brown, who lives at 80 Bank St., was "sticking her nose into other people's business." He said that if Harry's fellow workers had wanted to have a party, he would have "sanctioned" it. "That would have been their business," he continued...
...Leighton observed that he, himself, had worked 20 years for the University. "I'd just as soon they didn't give me a party. If I could collect my pension tomorrow, I'd take off. The University doesn't owe anybody anything. When I have to quit, I'll thank them for letting me work for them," he said...