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...Harvard to which James came in 1961 was a relatively mediocre educational institution. But affiliated with it, if by nothing more then geography, was an outstanding array of gifted and vigorous men. The home-grown Atlantic Monthly was then publishing the work of Hawthorne, Longfellow, Lowell, Holmes, Emerson, Whittier, and Charles Eliot Norton. In science, to which James initially devoted his efforts, Asa Gray, Benjamin Peirce, and Louis Agassiz stood at the forefront. His earliest chemistry teacher, who--like Conant--later renounced a scientific career to become president of Harvard, found James "very interesting and agree able" but somewhat impulsive...
...welcomed Prince Otto von Bismarck, until debts drove him away. In 1787 it turned out Germany's first female Ph.D. -sloe-eyed Dorothea Schlozer, who at 17 overpowered her examiners while decked out in roses and white muslin. By drawing a variety of young Americans, including Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Göttingen put a German academic stamp on many U.S. universities...
...Cliffies learned last week that they will not be able to take finals in the informal atmosphere of Longfellow Hall, since the building is being renovated for the Ed School...
Another problem that the new dean will have to face is the relocation of the School's staff and facilities. Sometime this Spring, the Graduate School of Education will move from its old and cramped quarters in Lawrence Hall and Batchelder House to Longfellow Hall, which was purchased from Radcliffe...
...announced change will eliminate the honor system at Radcliffe. In the past all final exams given in Longfellow were unproctored, and 'Cliffies were allowed to leave and return to the examination room at any time. Girls could also wear slacks and hair-curlers to these exams...