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Former Dean of the College John U. Monro '34 has issued a strongly-worded defense of the Negro colleges against the "smart alecks from New York and Washington" who would like to do away with them...
...Monro, now director of freshman studies at predominantly Negro Miles College in Birmingham, Ala., says in this week's issue of U.S. News and World Report that the idea of merging Negro colleges with white ones or phasing them out completely is "idiocy...
Using John Monro's switch to Miles College as an example of a noble but minor gesture. Traynham, for two years Assistant Episcopalian Chaplain at Harvard, denounced the University's investment policy, in his eulogy. "Harvard stands behind its individuals--like Monro," he said. "but is willing to risk anything in terms of the institution. Harvard," he continued, "is a pacesetter. It's not the richest segment of the corporate community, but it has tremendous influence academically...
...yesterday that he had had a "utopian impulse" and decided to act on it. "This school could be an instrument of reconciliation, a model interracial, urban university. It gives you a chance to believe that your presence makes a difference. His decision parallels a recent move by John U. Monro '38, former dean of the College, who is now director of freshmen studies at Miles College in Birmingham...
...height of the drug discussion at Harvard last year, John U. Monro '34, then dean of the College, sent a letter to the class of '70 warning of the medical effects of marijuana and LSD. But there was no mention of Harvard's legal position...