Harvard University - Red Book Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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wartime Service News fades into history. Temporary housing units in Jarvis Field opened by University for veterans with families. Theodore Spencer named to Boyleston Chair at age of 43. Varsity drops baseball opener 10 to 2 with Kings Point. MAY, 1946 Housemasters turn down Student Council request that visiting hours be extended to eight o'clock. Base- ball team beats Tufts 5-2. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., awarded Pulitzer Prize in history for his work, The Age of Jackson. Levin H. Campbell named Student Council president. Payson S. Wild, Jr., appointed Dean of Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. JUNE, 1946 University announces Eisenhower, Nimitz, Arnold, Vandergrift to top list of 13 to receive honors at first peacetime Commencement since 1941. Yale beats baseball varsity 8 to 0 before 1200 returning grads. 803 new and returning students join 900 carry-overs in Summer School registration. University announces opening of rooms in Boston's Hotel Brunswick for 100 veteran families. City of Cambridge celebrates 100th anniversary of its incorporation. JULY, 1946 College holds Save-OPA rally as prices in Cam- bridge soar. Dan Fenn named Assistant Dean of Freshmen at 235 youngest man ever to be appointed dean. Varsity nine noses out Bowdoin team 6 to 5. Alfred S. Romer named Director of Zoology Museum. Upper left: Instructor calls out corrections in class for fresh- men who didn't know how to swim. Lower left to right: The well-remembered step testg Dean Hanford's announcement that freshmen would be required to participate in exercisesg the annual Brooks House reception where the Men of '49 were introduced to the CIiffe.

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Too little, too late. Norman Poser named Chairman of the 1949 Redbook Staff. Student Council elects Thomas O'Donnell president, Harper secretary, Ellis treasurer. The Proof of the Pudding, first Pudding show since 1941, presented in Cambridge. H.A.A. announces return of Tom Bolles from three years' service with the Navy. JANUARY, 1946 Roomhunters storm newly-opened Housing Office in search for scarce apartments, five vacancies, 100 applicants. New Masses calls General Education Re- port plot of the imperialistic bourgeoisie. Varsity basketball team beats Yale 39 to 37 in a brilliant second half comeback. Council announces indorse- ment of a student activities center as a war memorial. Quincy Street site chosen for Lamont Library. Robert B. Watson appointed Associate Dean of the College. FEBRUARY, 1946 Third segment of Class of 1949 registers as total College enrollment swells to 3000, University enroll- ment to 7000. Provost Buck announces joint instruc- tion in advanced courses here to stay. Housemasters decide to ban interhouse diningg student council acts to determine cause, Housemasters finally rescind ban after a week of agitation. MARCH, 1946 Basketball team accepts bid to play in N.C.A.A. Eastern finals in Madison Square Garden. Class of '49 elects 10-man Class Committee to organize jubilee and put out Redbook. Council sees tutorial in danger, claims faculty undermining plan. University an- nounces formation of Social Relations Department to be headed by Talcott Parsons. 900 crowd into New Lecture Hall to hear Auden recite his own poetry. Ohio State defeats varsity quintet, 46-38, in semi-finals at Madison Square Garden. APRIL, 1946 Durant announces room rent increase to meet inflationary rise of 30 per cent. Crimson reborn as The problems of the returning veterans were not so bad as expected, but there were some. Above, classes that used to fit into Sever ll had to move to New Lecture Hall. Center, books were paid for by the government, but it wasn't painless getting them. Below, places to live were not always easy t0 come by either-a scene in the Straus l-lall housing office. 10

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Above: Pre-garne hoopla under the watchful eyes of the local constabulary. AUGUST, 1946 Vice President Reynolds named head of Committee for Study of Atomic Energy. Weekly board rate raised to 311.50 Food relief drive nets 311,051- S1,000 over goal. University announces decision that men living within 45-minutes traveling time of the Yard must commute. SEPTEMBER, 1946 Incoming thousands mill through Mem Hall regis- tration and settle down to living in crowded rooms. Students and wives move into newly-opened Bruns- wick Hotel. 4,000 vets file through Memorial Hall for initial supply authorization. Cleo O'Donnell elected captain of the 1946 football team. Varsity defeats Connecticut 7 to 0 in football opener. OCTOBER, 1946 Harvardevens Village opens to give sixty veterans' families place to live. Veterans' Theatre Workshop founded. Crimson slaughters Tufts 69 to 6. Charles Duhig named Graduate Secretary of Phillips Brooks House and the Dudley Hall Commuters' Center. H.A.A. announces appointment of Adolph Samborski as baseball coach and Bill Barclay as basketball coach. Nieman Fellows put out issue of Crimson carrying headline WALLACE BOLTS PARTY, WILLING TO LEAD GOP IN '48. NOVEMBER, 1946 Professor Harlow Shapley, called up by Wood- Rankin investigators, claims political maneuver' is behind it all. Crimson distributes convincing parody of The Daily Dartmouth in Hanover claiming SEVEN INDIAN STARTERS OVERCOME BY FOOD POIS- ONING ON EVE OF GAME. Varsity beats Dart- mouth 21 to 7. Harvard Dramatic Club presents Adam the Creator. Rankin cites Shapley for con- tempt after Hare-up in committee session. Percy W. Bridgeman chosen for Nobel Prize in Physics. Varsity beats Brown 28 to 0. Elis win 28 to 14. University announces Dean Hanfordls resignation, appointment of Wilbur J. Bender. DECEMBER, 1946 R. Scott Leavitt named Crimson president, J. Anthony Lewis chosen managing editor. Faculty backs The Harvard Pro checks over its larcler the evening before the game.