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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Speaking on the Lowell Institute's "America at the Crossroad" program over WEEI last night, Professor John K. Fairbank '29, Associate Professor Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. '38, and Benjamin I. Schwartz 4G, graduate student fellow at the Russian Research Center, agreed that U.S. recognition of the Chinese Red will play a small part in the future of Asia...
...University adopted a new system of appointments to full and associate professorships--the two ranks with permanent tenure. Its conception and its mechanics were largely the work of William C. Graustein '11, professor of Mathematics, an outstanding geometrician. Graustein was an extraordinary individual who brought to administrative problems a precise and mathematical approach. He made out the course catalogue each year, almost as a hobby, for he enjoyed wrestling with its major difficulty: to schedule at different hours the courses which are most likely to interest any particular student, while at the same time not giving any teacher too rough...
...Modern Language Center's exterior offers no hints of its plush indoor facilities. The main floor includes a splendid dining room, a club meeting room (the library of Professor Cannon's home), Mrs. Leggewie's office, a kitchen, and a pantry. Several pieces of fine old furniture, as well as some rare books, have been donated by a Mrs. Potter, a wealthy Boston widow. Other donations come from members of the faculty and language club funds. The University takes no part in financing the Center...
...Modern Language Center is its informal atmosphere, and this is what Professor Berrien has been striving to maintain since 1946. His colleagues have often questioned him about turning some of the rooms into classrooms (as it is now, no classes are held at the Center; groups are brought over from time to time to use the facilities) but this would destroy the informality. By the same taken, any "expansion" of the present setup would defeat the purpose of the Center...
...Does Professor Berrien have any long range plans for his project? Naturally he is limited to some extent by the lack of funds; but the Modern Language Center was conceived as a student activities center for one small segment of the University. The clubs that hold their meetings there now formerly met in the Houses, which meant a constant moving around. Berrien calls Phillips Brooks House "too somber." The Center is bound to remain just that so long as Berrian, an interesting and interested man, is in charge. He wants nothing big. His crying need at the moment is merely...