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Following a stern P. & G. code for company officers, he spent a third of his time in unpaid civic service, directed the framing of a master plan for improving Cincinnati, headed Red Cross and Community Chest drives, became trustee of the city's Institute of Fine Arts, a member...
Herter, until last year Governor of the Commonwealth and a former Overseer, was cited: "Quondam classicist whose presence graced these meetings; statesman secure in Harvard's affection."
One of the factors that makes the Swarthmore program particularly interesting for Harvard is that Swarthmore itself has recently experienced difficulties in keeping up the interest of nonhonors, or "course" students. The school, under President Courtney C. Smith '38, a Harvard Overseer, is currently working to reduce the stigma of...
The Standard-Times asserted that only one "nominee by certificate" has ever been elected an Overseer, but that several other people have been so nominated since the practice was initiated in 1920.
The Overseer's Committee to Visit Harvard College will arrive in Cambridge next Tuesday to study possible changes in the undergraduate curriculum.