Word: visitant
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...course, many highly worthwhile people do not sport "big names." But, according to Master Taylor, "if a man is not well-known, busy students may ignore him--no matter how valuable he may be--and the visit will be a failure." Occasionally, however, an "informal teacher" (such as Nadia Boulanger, who visited Adams) is a great success. "We try to have visitations, not public lectures," explained Master Brower...
...Behrman '16, playwright and author, arrived at Kirkland House yesterday for a week's visit. He will speak in the Kirkland Junior Common Room Monday night and meet with small groups of House members on various occasions during his stay...
Before flying here for a visit, Macmillan told Khrushchev that any interference without some alternative arrangements "would lead to a dangerous situation," the spokesman said...
...idea for such an interchange originated on a similar visit made at Berkeley by Carl J. Friedrich, Eaton Professor of the Science of Government, and an associate of Dunster. A grant from the Ford Foundation has been appropriated by the House to cover the expenses of Watkin's stay...
Gordon M. Fair, Master of Dunster House, called the visit an experiment which, if successful, might establish a precedent for a continuing faculty exchange between the two Houses. He stressed the importance of "informal contact between students and the visiting professor...