Word: maters
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Graduates who are returning this week to steep themselves once again in the age-old traditions of their alma mater will find that they have not left the "new deal" atmosphere behind them, for President Conant has started to give Harvard some "bold experiments" of his own. They do not necessitate control and regimentation of the undergraduate, however; they permit his individuality to blossom forth in formerly restricted paths...
...study in Germany presents the College with a ticklish situation. If the Nazi official's desire is genuine, its refusal will seem a personal insult but acceptance under any circumstances will raise a storm of protest. Of course, it would seem that a real love for his alma mater would have caused him to refrain from raising this furore; certainly he should not have released the announcement to the newspapers before action had been taken. Nevertheless the question must be decided...
President-emeritus Lowell will play a new role on Commencement, for instead of awarding a host of degrees and welcoming thousands into "the ranks of educated men" as he did for the past 24 years he will sit on the platform and receive an honorary degree from his alma mater...
President-elect Dennett has kept in touch with his alma mater, but even if he were going back to the campus for the first time since graduation he would soon feel at home. The same stately elms still march across the close-clipped green. Some new buildings have been added to the architectural hodgepodge. There are new fraternities; Tyler Dennett's own local AZA has become national Phi Gamma Delta. But he will find many a familiar face in the faculty. Three years ago a census revealed that one-sixth of Williams' professors had taught there more than...
...November of 1932, Mr. Homans, then at the height of a brilliant law career with the firm of Hill, Barlow and Homans, returned to his alma mater when he succeeded Jeremiah Smith '92, as a member of the Corporation, a position he has occupied ever since...