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Died. Dr. William Allan Neilson, 76, libertarian, lovable, longtime (1917-39) president of Smith College (world's largest for women); of coronary thrombosis, in Northampton, Mass...
...restless man-that was the way friends on the Harvard faculty described William Allan Neilson. He was 48 when he left his professorship of English at Harvard to become president of Smith College, in 1917. Said a colleague: "I'll give Smith three years of Neilson at the outside...
...prophecy was off by 19 years, but the error was understandable. Blue-eyed, pixie-faced, sharp-bearded William Allan Neilson had wandered far and frequently since he first began to teach. His father was the village schoolmaster at Doune, in Perthshire, Scotland. One day, when his father was absent, ten-year-old William took over the class in the one-room schoolhouse. Three years later his father died, and William had to teach for a living. After graduating with honors from the University of Edinburgh, he taught at Upper Canada College in Toronto, Bryn Mawr, Columbia, Harvard...
Internationalism & Lumbago. Few presidents have sunk their roots deeper or let their branches spread so wide. During the 22 years of the Neilson era, Smith became the biggest women's college in the world, and one of the most prestigious in the U.S. Neilson believed in educational equality for women, but he scorned the notion that college should 36 a trade school for girls...
Mention of third Companiers Ballentine and Ainley is important. These former Bruins are a little put out since we mentioned the Sheller-English excursion and failed to mention them. Church-goers Murray, Neil, and Neilson were happy to see the Easter season come. They hit church every morn--just about in time to miss calisthenics. Red Sarb has been speaking in Phi Beta Kappa lately...