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...turmoil of the late 1960s pulled Masters and the Mastership as an institution, in conflicting directions. With an ever-widening gap between students and administration. Masters found themselves caught between the two groups they were supposed to link, the nebulous nature of their job becoming more and more evident. The appointment of Derek Bok as President in 1971 offered an opportunity for considerable rethinking...
Under Bok, the Mastership was converted from a long-term commitment to a five-year, mutually renewable agreement. The change greatly enlarged the pool of people who would consider taking on the job, but some felt the move might hurt House stability and continuity...
Currently, all the Masters are male, although Barbara Rosenkrantz was Master of Currier House from 1974 to 1979. Eight of the Masters consider their position a "co-mastership." while five list their spouses as Associate Masters. However, the general consensus among the Masters is that the job is a joint effort...
...administration will begin tomorrow to review 13 candidates for the Mather House mastership suggested by the Mather House student selection committee, the chairman of the panel, Lawrence R. Golding '77 said yesterday...
Mather's Senior Common Room submitted its own list of candidates for the mastership this week...