Word: scholar
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...connection between these incidents and the renowned teacher and scholar who is retiring this month may be a tenuous one, but it provides a sharp insight into the personality of the man who has placed the study of "Americana" in its proper historical perspective. For Arthur Schlesinger, more than any other man, is responsible for the humanization of American history. Through his writing, editing, and teaching he has led the movement away from the study of history as a series of political and economic events toward a comprehensive picture of American life. His writings run the gamut from a study...
Despite this prominence as a scholar the group surrounding him at this typical Sunday afternoon open house is ample testimony to the fact that his influence is not limited to the work he has written. As a teacher he has the unique distinction of having four of his students as holders of the Pulitzer Prize. Two of these, Paul H. Buck and Fred Shannon, received their awards for doctoral theses done directly under his supervision. The other two are Oscar Handlin, winner in 1952, and his son, Arthur...
...role to today's scholar, in the "future period of general debate" will be to seek a wider and deeper basis for co-operation among men, Rev. John LaFarge '01, S.J., told the annual meeting of the Harvard Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa yesterday at Sanders Theatre...
...scholar, then, is not the irrational, ranting abolitionist type. They will search for deeper meanings. "They will ask what are we, all of us, here on earth for anyhow. . . . They will inquire about the meaning of men's dialogue with one another, and whether all human dialogue may not resolve itself in the last analysis into a dialogue with the God who put us here...
Citation: "Scholar and writer . . . a man broad and humanistic in his learning and his teaching . . . Without doubt, the greatest achievement arising out of [his] interest is his current project, a monumental history of United States naval operations, World War II ... [We] express the wish that he continue to enjoy . . . 'long stretches of pure delight such as only seamen can know, the moments of high, proud exaltation that only a discoverer can experience...