Word: leightons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Elimination of official reports on upperclass attendance records and simplification of the excused absenses system is currently under consideration by the Administrative Board, Dean Leighton announced yesterday. The Board's proposals will go before the faculty on October...
...Dean Leighton, who is handling the overall administration of fellowships, will speak to the group. Present plans call for a reorganization of the existing program of fellowships...
According to Dean Leighton, the new advising program will do away with many of the academic and disciplinary problems faced by the old upperclass assistant dean system...
...continued as Dean until "we entered this game of Musical Chairs" last year, when Admissions Director Gummere retired. Dean Beuder replaced him. Dean Leighton became Dean of Students, and Scholarships Director F. Skiddy von Stade became Freshmen Dean. At one time somewhat skeptical over the plan which clevated him, he has since become enthusiastic about it. "The two most worthwhile things done here recently," he says," are setting up group tutorial on a House basis, and bringing the facilities for commnters up to par with those of other students...
Unlike most of the University Hall hicrarchy. Dean Leighton has never been one for hopping onto the next Limited and making a whistle stop four of the nation's schools. During the middle thirties, however, he did set out on a series of trips, devoted especially to debunking the notion that boys west of the Mississippi don't do well at Harvard and after graduation are no good to the folks at home. Mr. Leighton points out, by way of example, that two members of his class have served as police chief and fire commissioner of Tulsa and Oklahoma City...