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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...reason," Professor John K. Galbraith wrote recently, "is that a leader must also be loyal to his organization, and where his own interests were involved Curley was never a man of divided loyalties." But, though he was not much interested in electing anybody to public office besides himself, Curley often managed...
...that gives a slight clue to what he may be thinking." Thus, an attempt to give even so modest an account of Curley as his Harvard History is infected with compounds of uncertainty. But it has its compensations. To go from the faded pages of ancient Crimsons or the often jaundiced accounts of old adversaries to Curley's own recollections is to proceed from Arctic regions to land of balmy, ever-tropical breezes...
Ward boss or Governor, Curley was not a man to fiddle with reforms or constitutions, the ways of doing things. His brief attempt to pack the Massachusetts courts by removing all judges over seventy did not get past the over-seventy members of his Council. More often he took what was given, Ward 17 or Boston society, and moved around in it a little faster than anyone else. Limiting himself to what he could get out of a thing, he made few forays into the more creative spheres of machine building or organized social planning. Like his social security...
...tables are cleared and put away, and the chairs are arranged in a vague semi-circle. One of the Scholars sits facing the group, reads a section or two from his paper--each one is working on a project of considerable length--and is then subjected to the often fierce criticism of the others present. Immediately following, the process is repeated...
Since the emphasis of the program is on the projects, it is by their quality that the program's success may begin to be estimated. "The material covered in the projects goes way beyond that of a Senior Honors essay," Sewall proudly states. "In fact, the essays are often of Ph.D. quality." On the basis of these results, and of the acclaim those who have gone through it unanimously accord, Sewall feels safe in saying that "it's a successful program...