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Kenneth B. Murdock '16, Francis Lee Higginson Professor of English Literature, will become Chairman of the General Education Committee and Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Educational Policy effective next fall, it was announced yesterday. He succeeds Philip H. Rhinelander '29, who resigned earlier this month, in the first job; the second position has been created...
...announcing the appointments, President Pusey said yesterday, "The program of General Education is fundamental in the liberal arts training of Harvard College. It gives our students a common understanding of the great heritage and tradition of Western Civilization. We are extremely fortunate that a man of Professor Murdock's high scholarly attainment, proven administrative talent and great standing in the faculty, is willing to undertake the executive leadership of this important program...
Dean Bundy yesterday said the joint appointment was an effort to integrate the General Education program with the broad educational policies of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Speaking for himself and the CEP, he expressed "great satisfaction" in Murdock's appointment and declared, "It is our hope that by his membership on the CEP the work of the two committees will be strengthened. General Education is so central to Harvard College that the CEP will be much reinforced by having Professor Murdock as Vice-Chairman at the center of its deliberations...
Joining with Bundy and Pusey in their praise of Murdock were many members of the faculty. Reuben A. Brower, professor of English who teaches Humanities 6, declared, "Kenneth Murdock is exactly the man who is needed at this point in the history of General Education at Harvard. He will create an atmosphere in which critical intelligence can operate calmly and effectively...
...companies having an important impact on interstate commerce, there was no dissent. But when NLRB last week showed what it meant by turning down six of eight union requests for federal supervision of bargaining elections,* the decision divided the five-man board on straight party lines. Board Member Abe Murdock, former Democratic Senator, charged that the board was abdicating its responsibilities, and that the decision of the Republican majority amounted to a "usurpation of legislative power by an administrative agency.'' By this "wholesale slash," said he, "it seems probable that at least 25% and perhaps...