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...independent Democrat, Seymour Harris '20, professor of Economics, them proceeded to enumerate many possible '54 sore sports. "We are actually in a minor depression now," he said, pointing to the six per cent drop in production since March. He berated Republican budget cuts at the expense of national security and old age benefits, tax slashes which "favor the rich," and placement of too many business men in high government positions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Holcombe Says Major Issue To Be Foreign Policy in '54 | 12/17/1953 | See Source »

...Julian Seymour Schwinger, thirty-five-year-old Professor of physics, has kept his life pretty much to himself. Since his seventeenth birthday, this genial, soft-spoken man has been challenging the frontiers of physics, armed with only his intellect, a pencil, and paper. Far removed from most undergraduates, only dimly aware of the machinery of collegiate life, and vaguer even about his own past, Schwinger dwells in a world apart. His personality spills out only in odd stories--his reputation for writing with both hands on the blackboard, his night-owl habits, and his excellence at ping-pong...

Author: By Michael O. Finkelstein, | Title: Far From the Madding Crowd | 11/21/1953 | See Source »

Yale's president emeritus, Charles Seymour, however, took issue with the News, calling Plan B, "bold and far reaching; but it is nonetheless evolutionary in its nature. This is true despite the fact that the committee has utilized the experience of other institutions as well as its own imagination. My own personal feelings, and judgment," said Seymour, "run entirely in favor of the bolder Plan B. It calls for numerous adjustment to present practice and teaching methods. It would have to be set up within the circle of financial possibilities. Individual departments and professors would have to merge their apparent...

Author: By David L. Halberstam, | Title: Yale Faces Drastic Curriculum Changes | 11/21/1953 | See Source »

Yale's most outspoken critic, Philosophy Professor Paul Weiss, unlike the News and Seymour, shares no enthusiasm for the plan. Weiss, an energetic little man says, "I'm willing to try any plan right now, that would improve Yale. But this plan doesn't answer the problem. That must be met by men working with students. The problem is to teach effectively despite all the plans, regulations and programs of the administration...

Author: By David L. Halberstam, | Title: Yale Faces Drastic Curriculum Changes | 11/21/1953 | See Source »

...when Seymour Harris, professor of Economics, proposed a plan in have all medical students remit part of their incomes after graduation, Berry took issue. "I am convinced that eventually we will have to get direct federal and state aid to medical schools," Berry said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Medical Dean, A.M.A. Attack Lack of Funds | 11/16/1953 | See Source »

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