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...George Sarton, professor of the History of Science, emeritus, replying to charges levelled against professors at Harvard and M.I.T. by the House Un-American Activities Committee, yesterday declared that "the danger is not in the things which students or professors may say, but that they may be intimidated into saying nothing...
...Sarton is chairman of the Struik Defense Committee, a group formed last fall to raise money for the defense of Dirk J. Struck, suspended professor of Mathematics at M.I.T...
...Sarton said that to his knowledge Struik has not advocated the overthrow of the U.S. government by force. "I don't believe that he has been so strong in his statements as some Republicans have been in speaking about Truman and Roosevelt," Sarton commented...
John K. Fairbank '29, professor of History, and George Sarton, professor of History of Science, emeritus, two of the world's 1,000 leading scholars, will spend the next five years compiling material for a 3,000,000 word history of mankind--beginning with paleolithic peoples and ending with jet pilots...
...most common complaints of the students is that one hour per week is too short a time in which to learn the essentials of essay writing. This opinion is backed by instructor May Sarton, author of "Shadow of a Man" and "The Lion and the Rose." She believes that the limited instruction period is one of the major faults of the course. Two hours a week should be much more effective, she said...