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Dates: during 1930-1939
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World War II entered its fourth week and still the fiercest offensives between the Allies and Germany were on psychological rather than physical fronts. Propaganda ministries in London, Paris and Berlin worked overtime to deliver smashing blows at their enemy's popular morale...
Psychology A is still very popular with 210 students enrolled to get the taste of a new science. The three large Chemistry courses, Chemistry 2, Chemistry A, and Chemistry B have over 550 students between them...
Economics 41 and Economics 61 remain the most popular advanced courses in the field, while Government 18 and Government 7 cater to those interested in political science...
Coming as it did at a time when most of Harvard was dazed by the sudden ending of the tenure of ten popular assistant professors, Professor Burbank's resignation last spring as chairman of the Economics department lent itself too easily to interpretation as a protest against the Administration's tenure policy. It is now clear as Professor Burbank says, that this was "an unjustified assumption." Professor Burbank, besides carrying one of the heaviest teaching loads in his department, has been the able administrator not only of the department but of its Board of Tutors and its large introductory course...
Havana, with the attractions of Sloppy Joe's cuba libres and bacardis, and with a dance thrown for the Unit at the Biltmore Yacht Club, was the most popular stop on route. Every man had guest privileges at the Havana clubs, through special dispensation of the U. S. Ambassador...