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Then, in 1979, George McKenna, a tough-minded former civil rights activist, became principal at the age of 37, which made him the youngest administrator ever appointed to the office in a Los Angeles high school. He moved quickly to upgrade expectations; this year he added the word preparatory to the school's name, underlining its new, no-nonsense commitment to high academic standards. He also replaced 85% of the teachers, banned radios and Walkmans, and imposed a dress code (no hats or earrings for the men, no curlers for the women). Says he: "I tell kids what...
Yesterday's activities started off with a series of talks by Harvard officials. Henry Rosovsky, dean of the Faculty, John B. Fox '59, dean of the College; L. Fred Jewett '57, dean of admissions and financial aid; and Margaret McKenna, vice president for Radcliffe program planning, all addressed the sleepy-eyed prefreshmen...
Sarah Siddons was the first woman to play the role of Hamlet, in 1775. Her most illustrious female successor in the part was Sarah Bernhardt (1899), and in more recent decades, Eva Le Gallienne, Judith Anderson and Siobhan McKenna have appeared as the Prince of Denmark...
...straightforward one. The shift in emphasis created by quoting me in an altered context nearly reversed my meaning such slanted presentation has characterized. The Crimson's handing of the story throughout. I would seriously doubt whether the Harvard community has had an accurate view of the controversy. Margaret S. McKenna...
...Murgaret S. McKenna '70, a former patient advocate who created the position and now works at McLain Hospital, has a more provocative suggestion doctors don't like to work at university clinics, she says, for the simple reason that the work is unchallenging compared to most full practices face it," she says, "students are boring. They get mono, they get colds. Once in a great while they get hepatitis. They're mostly in pretty good health, and if you want to hone your professional skills and keep abreast of the profession, you just won't want to work there Harvard...