Word: shaplin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...past two years, the School Committee has been split even--three to three--between CCA and independents. The three CCA Committeemen, Judson T. Shaplin '42, associate Dean of the Graduate School of Education, Mrs. Catherine T. Ogden, and Edward T. Sullivan, had a fluctuating working majority. On many issues Mayor McNamara and Committeeman Daniel J. Hayes (another true independent who aligns himself with no group) made possible decisive majorities for the CCA's policies...
...general philosophy motivating CCA members of the School Committee is heavily infused with the University spirit. Shaplin is himself a professional educator and administrator, but has resigned this year, with the common knowledge that he asked Barnes to run in his stead. Barnes has his Harvard connection plus a wide background in taxes and budgeting, both of which points he is emphasizing...
...crucial test will soon lie with the new Council and Mayor to see what they do with Cambridge's oldest most famous, and certainly very valuable institution -- Harvard. Tuesday's election could make a great difference along this line.Councillor JOSEPH A. DeGUGLIELMO '29 (right) confers with JUDSON T. SHAPLIN '42, former member of the School Committee...
Bill Barnes entered the School Committee picture when Judson T. Shaplin, Associate Dean of the School of Education, decided not to seek re-election. Shaplin asked Barnes to replace him in the so-called "Harvard seat;" Barnes, who says he has always been interested in educational problems, accepted the bid and immediately received Civic Association support. Since then, he has spoken to almost every graduate and undergraduate political organization and has won a slew of endorsements that are encouraging but of doubtful value...
...Shaplin had considered Barnes a likely man chiefly because of his tax and budgetary experience, a talent sorely needed in the muddled affairs of the School Committee. At first, Barnes concentrated his campaign on this point, but he found it a deadening issue and has changed his ground to the National Defense Education Act loyalty oath and the future of Rindge Technical High School. He is particularly disturbed about the implications of NDEA for local school employees; under sections of the Act pertaining to guidance and foreign language training, the jobs of people hired by local school boards can become...