Word: owen
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Ronald M, Ferry, '12 Master of Winthrop House, said today he will retire on July 1, and announced David E. Owen, professor of History, as his successor...
...retiring master, who has headed Winthrop for 26 years, praised Owen enthusiastically. He hastened to add, however, that "a master should not have anything to say in choosing his successor; my enthusiasm does not mean that I am speaking as a member of the council that chose him. I personally feel that I am happy to have him as headmaster...
Ferry's successor has had previous experience in administration. While studying for his Ph.D at Yale, Owen was "senior tutor" at Davenport, a Yale college which he calls "the equivalent of Winthrop." He has been acting Master of Leverett House several times. At the present, he is chairman of the Committee on General Education, chairman of the History Department, and head of Social Sciences...
When notified of his new position, Owen said, "I am looking forward to my new job. We are going to find it hard to follow those standards established by the Ferrys...
Cooney Weiland, who is coach of the Crimson team, used pretty well all his players in the shinny game. Leslie Duncan, evidently is improving steadily, for he scored two, and Messrs. Guttu (before his early retirement), Fischer, Kelley, Owen, McLaughlin and Spafford all beat the unfortunate Ed Kerr, standing in the Northeastern goal, once each...