Word: professionalism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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"This atmosphere of opportunistic expediency does not augur well for the medical profession," says Frederick Hofmann, head of admissions at Columbia's medical school. He is right. Cutthroat medical students could well make cutthroat physicians.
EUGENIA Collier's arguments were more persuasive. Her rightful concern for the film's neglect of native Sea Islands culture follows from her profession (she teaches black literature at a Baltimore college). But her professional disposition may well be the sole source of her criticism. Although she says, "the Sea Islands actually have a very rich folk culture," she reiterates her charge instead of proving her argument. According to Conroy's book, The Water is Wide (the basis for Irving Ravetch and Harriett Frank Jr.'s script) pollution from surrounding factories ruined Yamacraw Island and starved its hunters and fishermen...
"But what about espionage?" people might ask. "Wouldn't we be inviting NATO to send spies into our country masquerading as control-commission inspectors?" My answer to that is: We'll learn as much about the other side's military technology as it will learn about ours...
The reasons for the sudden spate of resignations is unclear. In the past, Harvard's resources, salaries and historical pre-eminance were compelling attractions, and Cambridge was a quieter, less crime-ridden place to be. The academic industry in the U.S. was so much smaller then that a handful of...
Charles P. Slichter '45 is a physics professor first, a Harvard Fellow second. A man dedicated to his profession, his perspective on Corporation matters reflects his academic orientation.