Word: chamberlain
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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With a scholar's pride former Dean Lawrence Chamberlain of Columbia College listed his school's most serious purpose: to assure "a small but steady flow of superior young men into our graduate schools." Then, in his final report to Columbia University President Grayson Kirk, released last week, Teacher Chamberlain, 52, detailed two courses that the college might follow in the next decade: 1) to aim for continuity, preserve in the college the same standards and values it has now; 2) to stiffen entrance requirements drastically, and insist that incoming freshmen possess much of the knowledge that...
...CHAMBERLAIN (patiently): You tell them you have talked with the Congressman and he is doing everything he can to get them mail service...
MARVOSH (belligerently): These folks aren't going to vote for Mr. Chamberlain unless something is done...
...CHAMBERLAIN : Well, that's too bad. I can't please all the people. Some people can't be pleased. If I have to please everybody, I don't want the goddam job. (Later, to a friend): If there's one thing they could chop off from the congressional job, it should be this post-office stuff. It's murder...
...CHAMBERLAIN: I would like to tell you what you want to hear, but I can't always do that. First I'd like to point out the need for keeping our armed forces strong. We have commitments all over the world. Now you may say, 'Do they need me here in Goodrich?' Well, I think all the reserves are needed, wherever they...