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Professor Cherington, on the other hand, announced a plan to spread civilization to the hinterlands of New Hampshire, in particular to the obscure village of Peterborough. Naturalists were quick to see the advantage of the remove, and plans were underway for a neotranscendental revolt when President Pusey denied flatly that the University would ever forsake historic Cambridge...
...idea of launching a new college is not really a new one, for Harvard itself sprang from the tradition of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and Yale, which later grew very big too, likewise came down from on high. And more recently, the Peterborough Plan was motivated by a desire to try again...
...late Carl T. Keller '93, of Peterborough, N.H., has bequeathed $620,-410.81 to the University to establish the Keller Fund, which will provide money for the purchase of books and the binding and cleaning of books for the College Library...
Midway through the tour, Editor Paul Cummings Jr. of New Hampshire's Peterborough Transcript told a Southern colleague: "I wasn't sure what to believe before I made the trip. Now I find the worst is true. We don't condemn you for practicing segregation. What we can't understand is how a people can be denied the right to vote in the U.S. To me this is unbelievable. I just couldn't believe it until I came down here and heard it first hand." Then Editor Cummings turned to Pressagent DeCell, who also edits...
...solved, however, most other University projects seem relatively safe. For the Councillor makes no secret of the fact that he intends to clear that mess up first. "If Harvard doesn't do something soon," he threatens with a smile, "I might support that Professor who suggested they move to Peterborough. He may have come up with the best solution...