Word: brinton
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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January. The Harvard faculty will be rocked by an expose of the local jewelry store that sells bogus Phi Beta Kappa keys. Crane Brinton will abandon his professorship to become a section man at Sarah Lawrence. Seven alumni of the class of '18 will picket Mem Hall crying, "Veritas has become demi-tasse and these hallowed halls have termites!" Three business school students will be arrested for smuggling the newly banned copies of Playboy over the state line...
...Crane Brinton '19, McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History and member of the Committee on Appointments, Promotions, and Retirements, said, "We will study the whole problem of the recruitment of the faculty and the competition for brains in America...
...What are the younger faculty members doing? Do we pick the best men? Are there mute and glorious scholars who should be at Harvard?" Brinton said his committee will probably try to answer these questions...
...Committee on Appointments, Promotions, and Retirements: C. Crane Brinton '19, McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History; Harvey Brooks, Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Sciences; J. Peterson Elder, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Science; Wilbur K. Jordan, President of Radcliffe and Professor of History; Harry Levin, Assistant Professor of Education; Paul C. Mangelsdorf, Professor of Botany; Edward S. Mason, George F. Baker Professor of Economics; Kenneth B. Murdock '16, Francis Lee Higginson Professor of English Literature and Director of General Education; and Robert B. Woodward, Morris Loek Chemistry Professor...
...Jubilee weekend, C. Crane Brinton '19, McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History, announced an extension for Social Science 1 papers, and other professors have prepared special lectures for the Yardlings and their dates on Saturday. In addition, Bob Mason and the Six Dukes of Dixie will make their first appearance at Harvard in the Jubilee Jazz Concert Sunday at 2 p.m., in the Union...