Word: munro
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...club, which met for the first time last week, is intended as a "forum for the rational, critical analysis of morality, religion, and philosophical opinions," said founders Thomas C. Munro '97 and Charles A. Goodman '97 yesterday...
...spirit of the organization is that there is nothing so certain that it cannot be doubted," Munro and Goodman said. "There is nothing so incredible that we cannot try to understand...
Under President James B. Conant, Lowell's successor, efforts were made to extend the principle of selection by merit. The College sought talent nationwide through its admissions program, admitting on merit, regardless of financial need. My mentor, John Usher Munro, Dean of Harvard College (who resigned in the late 1960s to teach in a Black college in Alabama), told me about the early days of national recruiting. He and others would take the trains in Chicago and elsewhere, visiting schools and homes to identify talented students and to persuade parents, most of whom had never attended college, to let their...
During the war, Munro was on the bridge of his ship with his captain when orders came from the Pentagon that the armed forces would be integrated. Without warning, the captain turned to him and bellowed, "Munro, integrate the ship! That's an order!" On that day, John Munro began his lifelong dedication to racial integration. His efforts led to a successful campaign to enroll students from every race and continent and to improve the college experience of Black undergraduates by breaking down racial barriers within the College...
...This store is spectacular. It's the outer limits," Munro adds...