Word: membership
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...started in 1843 by ten hardy families, followers of the French visionary Charles Fourier, who believed that the ills and harsh competitions of the world could be ended by "associative living." It began as a farming venture on 673 acres of rich land. As its population increased (top membership: 112 men, women & children), a gristmill and a smithy were added and the association bought a part interest in two steamboats to get their excess goods and produce to New York. They put the first packaged "name brand" cereals on the market and their stamped trademark, N.A.P., came to stand...
Dean Sherman and Dean Bender have already indicated they would approve the plan. Under the present Faculty rule, however, all Harvard organizations must be 100 percent Harvard membership, and Dean Bender has said that he is not advocating repeal of this rule...
...effect the proposal would change the Faculty's power from that of not considering applications of undergraduates for co-ed membership or officership, to vote power; while it would give the Councils, which at present have no say in the matter, equivalent power...
...anti-communism is actively fostered as a blanket political weapon, and pressure is being brought on educational institutions to dismiss uncritically actual or alleged Communists ... I have accordingly changed my stand, and it now is: No teacher should be refused a position or fired on the basis of his membership in any organization; but hiring or dismissal should be based solely on the basis of his individual competence as a teacher...
...addition to choosing officers, the Society also elected 20 candidates to membership in the Key's permanent body. They become the first members who have gained positions on the Key through a competition...