Harvard University - Red Book Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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Richard M. Cummerc Chairman of the Committee on Allmission Sargent Kennedy Registrar of Harvard College D1-lmar Leighton Dvun of Freshman Paul H. Buck Provost and Dean of the Faculty John Monroe Assistant to thc Provost and Director of F. S. von Slade, Jr. the Financial Aid Center Uiffwlor of Scholarships 4 Q ., FM, V Wilbur J. Bender Dean of Harvard College Robert B. W'alson Associate Dean of Harvard College , A Q, Af,

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Regular contrihuler to the Encyclopedia Britannica, Arthur Darby Nock. Pro essor of the History of Religion, is one of the most colorful and stimu- lating lecturers in the college. 'Phil D- wfllfl l'uul D. Bartlett Professor of Philosophy' Projpssor of fjhg,,,ig1,-y W .aff 'T' -GQ . -,pi 1, in fail: Q- .4 .V ' 'T 4 ' gg i' ' , 7:1 s ff., 41 r, Y . I 1 - .-fri ' David ll. Owen Henry A. Murray Professor of llislnry Professor of Clinical Psychology f ,r2. .- . . .. , .. f-ini-. 1 '. 'V o' -' ku' 'M vI.iL,, -t ' 7 Y T54 ,: 1i': .' The backbone of every college or university is obviously its faculty. When one discusses-or cusses-the quality of a university, even in this era of overripened football, one is at the same time scrutinizing its teaching staff. Although the primary purpose of any faculty is to educate the unlearned, none limits itself to pure teaching, rather, its activities are extended into areas of research, writ- ing, and practical extra-university projects. These facets provide, in part, a measure of the faculty's worth to its students, to the administrative skeleton which calls itself the university, and directly and indirectly to the public as a whole. ln evaluating the Harvard faculty, every con- ceivable viewpoint has at one time or another been expressed. Some regard these teachers as semi- skilled workmen, each a cog in the vast assembly line of the Harvard Education Co., producing the shiny, latest model Harvardman by a secret process, Reg. U. S. Pat. Off. 1636. All kinds of native fascists, from Alan Zoll of Reducator fame, to Chicago,s biggest wind - Bertie McCormick - mentally superimpose the Hammer-and-Sickle upon the Harvard crimson. By contrast, some Com- munists envision a school for future exploiters of the masses, directed by Beacon Hill professors roll- ing in ill-ffotten millions. Krokodil, the Russian D humor magazine, claims that Harvard education U has Hffallenl into the hands of the military. We could continue indefinitely in this veing we have flicked on only a few of the lights in which the Harvard faculty has been seen. lf there is such a wide variation of opinion, what can be considered adequate criteria by which to evaluate the faculty? ln an effort to find such criteria, 316 asked the faculty. from section men to University Professors, to look at themselves, and then asked the students to look at the faculty. Underlying the questions asked was the assumption, made for the purpose of this study, that the Harvard faculty was a fine facultyfperhaps the finest existing today. Although we used this as- sumption only as a guide for interviewing, we soon found -to uobodyis surprise-myriad legitimate grounds for supporting the claim. Our results fol- low quietly. 55 if' 'Y if' 'ff' 'ff' it if if if' Froin the question 316 posed to the faculty, and from their answers and comments, there emerged a flehnite pattern of education. The elements of this pattern include the man, his writing and research, his teaching methods, and, even more important, the effects of the college administration upon each of these other elements. ln this analysis, 'fthe manv is taken as the starting pointg 'fthe teaching inanv is our objective. livcryhody interviewed is somehow involved in re- N as . .wma L