Word: shaplin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Cambridge School Committeeman Judson T. Shaplin '42, associate dean of the School of Education, angrily urged the city council last night to "bury the hatchet and do something for the city." Shaplin spoke at the Cambridge Civic Association's annual meeting, along with other CCA-sponsored members of the school committee and the city council...
...Shaplin was "trembling with anger" as he denounced the school committee's "concentration on politics," evidenced by the hotly contested appointments made by the group last December. He told the city council members that if they had co-operated last year in electing a mayor they would have averted the present "disastrous" situation of the committee, now chairmaned by Mayor Edward J. Sullivan, who favors the appointments...
...School Department employees were appointed in executive session Dec. 11. Two committee members, Mrs. Catherine T. Ogden and Judson T. Shaplin '42, Associate Dean of the School of Education, opposing the appointments on grounds of irregularity. The school committee has refused to reverse its action, even in the face of a petition of protest signed by 11,023 citizens...
...conference, which is aimed at graduate students interested in careers in teaching, will also include a talk by Associate Dean Shaplin on "Why Study Education?" and a panel discussion moderated by President Wilbur K. Jordan of Radcliffe on "American Schools and Selectivity: The Great Talent Hunt...
...chairman of th School Committee so that each committee would have some tie with the local city government. However, in the case of Cambridge, this provision has served only to place the school system under a political influence from which it was originally intended to be free. As Shaplin plans to recommend, state control over education should provide tighter and more complete minimum requirements for the qualifications of teachers and curricula, as well as outlining stricter methods for administration of the school systems. Cambridge's example should illustrate that even the field of education is not free from political maneuvering...