Word: bertrand
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Bertrand Russell last week found himself in a clamorous scrap for the second time in less than three years. In 1940 the philosopher's appointment to the College of the City of New York was revoked after outraged parents called attention to such old Russell saws as, "I am sure that university life would be better, both intellectually and morally, if most university students had temporary childless marriages." Russell's more recent boot was delivered by Philadelphia's Dr. Albert C. Barnes, whose foul temper is as famed as his gallery of Cézannes, Matisses, Renoirs...
Barnes, the South Philadelphia boy who invented Argyrol, made millions, and settled down to insult Philadelphia society and accumulate paintings, sometimes gets a yen for a philosopher. His favorite, and frequent drinking companion, is John Dewey. In 1940, blaming the C.C.N.Y. furor on "bigoted authoritarians," Barnes hired Bertrand Russell for the Barnes Foundation, an art school connected with the gallery...
...Russell did not show up for his regular lecture. It was the chance Barnes had been waiting for. His trustees immediately announced that "Mr. Bertrand Russell has discontinued his lectures" and that the contract was broken. Russell last week sued Barnes for the $24,000 the philosopher was to receive through 1945. The Philadelphia Record suggested that Dr. Barnes "subsidize Russell so that a controversy enjoyed by all might be continued without undue hardship upon one of the principals." Growled Barnes: "The suggestion may be practicable...
...last three years California's Stanford University has scouted high & low for a new president to succeed long, lean Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, 67. Last week it announced the choice: tall, tanned, tactful Donald Bertrand Tresidder...
...BERTRAND RUSSELL...