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McCarthy, in his "ongoing effort to remove communists from positions of responsibility wherever they may be found," called Harvard a "privileged sanctuary" for "President Pusey's Fifth Amendment Communists...
...sworn in as president, and Alan Sheppard became the first American to enter space. The Peace Corps-sent its first troops overseas. the threat of nuclear war hung precariously over the globe. At Harvard, more than 4000 students rioted to protest a decision by then-President Nathan M. Pusey '28 to print diplomas for the Class of '61 in English rather than in Latin...
...time the "Great Diploma Incident" was over, Cambridge police--using tear gas to stop the outraged scholars--had arrested four students. University officials seized hundreds of bursars cards from students throwing eggs and firecrackers. Within a week, discussions of Pusey's decision had spread from the Cambridge City Council to the White House and the United Nations...
Explaining how the University had "yielded to technology." Pusey said English was the universal academic language and that it would be "hypocritical" for the University to issue Latin diplomas when it no longer had a Latin requirement...
...Pusey's explanation, however, was unsatisfactory to most students. On April 26, a large sign outside Leverett House declared "we want Latin," and 40 Kirkland House seniors threatened to wear Madras jackets to Commencement if the diplomas weren't changed...