Word: provost
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Provost Buck as chairman of the ceremonies introduced the speakers...
...statement by Mr. Fairfield that "New Haven Agents wander in and out of Provost Edgar S. Furniss' office 'every day,'" is typical of the author's inability either to accurately secure or report facts. Actually Provost Furniss is contacted only a few thues during the course of a year by the Special Agents of the FBI and then only in the course of official business growing out of the responsibilities placed upon this Bureau by law or Presidential Directive...
...weakness of Mr. Fairfield's statements is proven by the number of times he employs such subterfuges as "probably based on FBI files;" "From the remarks . . . it is evident . . . that the informant had some connection with the FBI;" "the Provost implies;" and so forth...
...moved in on Yale University. New Haven agents wander in and out of Provost Edgar S. Furniss' office "every day." Young instructors report the same traffic at the Sloane Physics Laboratory...
...Provost Furniss has assured, "Accepting any such report is neither a university practice nor policy." Later, however, the Provost said he would oppose any appointment if the fact that the man was a Communist "came to my attention...