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18. Minutes, Trusteesr meeting, 1/11/32, p- 2- 19. Ibid ., p. 5. See Maass to J. R. Hardin, 12/17/31, and Agenda 12/28/31. Hardin papers. 20. Minutes, meeting, Members of the Corporation, 4/24/33, p* 2. 21. Arnold Toynbee to Flexner, 2/6/31, 22. Aydelotte to Flewlex, 12/16/30. 23. Vincent to Flear, 12/9/31, 24. Oswald Veblen to Flexner, 6/19/31. Veblen papers. 25, Weed to Flexner, 12/23 f30. Charles R. Morey to Flemer, 12fi3/31. 26. Flexnes ta Aydelotte, Miss Sabin and Weed, '12 /11/30. 27. Weed to Flemer, 12/23/30. 28, Hiss Sabin to Plexner, 1/12/31. 29, Charles A, Bard to Flexner, 6/28/31; 7/22/31. Flexnex to Beard, 6/29/31, 30. Flexner to Beard, 8/11/31. Beard to Flexrer, 8/15/31. 31. Raymond B. Fosdick to Flemer, 9/24/31. 32. Vincent to Flexner, 12J9/31. 33, Paul.Hsnus to Flexner, 1/22/32. 34. Fef ix Frankfurter to FZexner, 9/21/31. 35. Alan Gregg to Flexner, 12/14/31. 36. Ham Zinsser to Flexner, 2f2132. 37. Yeblen to Ffexner, 6/19/31. 38, Solomon Lef sehetz to ~ltxner; 2118F31, 39. George D. Birkhoff to Flexner, 11/5/31. 40. Veblen to Flexner, 6/19/31. 61. Flexner to Veblen, 6/25/31. Veblen to Flexner, 7/11/31. 42, kfschetz to Plener, 2/18/31,
43, Vincent to Flexner, 12/3/31. Fl~xner to I'inc~nt, 12/11/31. 44. Otis Caldwell to Flexner, 2/26/31. 45, FrankFuxter to Flexner, 9/21/31. 45. Alfred E. Cchn to Flexctr, 12/14/31; 12/23/31. FLemer to Cohn, 1/7/32. FranIcfurter papers. 47. Aydelotte to Ffexner, 8/30/31. 42, Krs. Edward X. ~>rle to Flexner, 8/11 f31. L9, Ffexner to 3rs. Earle, 9/15/31. 50. Flexncr to P. S. Straus, 10/22/31. Vincent to FXexner, 12/9/31. Flexner to Vincent, f2/LlJ31;--. Frankfurter tc Flcxncr, 9/21/31. Flemer ta Frsnkfcrter, 9/25/31. Ibid 1 p. 152 (ncte). Tt?ms Jefferson Uertenbaker, Princeton 17&6-1696, Princeton Univer- sity Press, 1356, p, 390. Princetcr. Unit~rsity, Official Register <strong>for</strong> October, 1929, the Presidectts Report, pp. 9-11, Vof* XXI, xa. 1.
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A HISTORY OF TEE INSTITUTE POR ADVA
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TmLE OF CONTESTS INTRODUCTION . . .
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1 \ -c. --- ft 5s safe to 52)- that
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ot;-tervise would have b ~en lackin
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medical school. Such a school, he s
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them to abandon their intention to
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in the "plans already in effect.* N
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2. B. Grznting only the Doctor's an
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men of the nost distinguished stand
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Frank Aydelotte of Swarthmore Colle
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to purckse, retaining the right to
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Board of Directors approved the pur
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man whose warm hwn qualities, wisdo
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Th9 third phase began with the Rode
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dominant classical tradition of the
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the United States and Canada. He ac
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expenditure of sorething like $500
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in dominating spirit znd interest t
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for college graduates, reseerch ins
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quality to hirrself. ft was a susta
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ment," without explanation. Dr. Fle
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November, 1930, creating enew the s
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easonable certainties they have lea
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third-year college stu&nt in thls c
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John C. French, A History of the Un
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men vith which he charged a few Eas
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tions in the hope that better days
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What could be expected, if a modern
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He wrote: I am sending you kere-uft
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worthy of your beneficent idealism.
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sible for the eonduct of the businm
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the intent to train and guide stude
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emitted as trustees give promise...
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criticize freely in whole or in par
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Mr. Roughton was an elder statesran
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even in America. Fs pledged hinelf
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the number to the fifteen provided
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Page 140 and 141: Cruel indecision now assailed Birkh
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Page 146 and 147: wbtsoever. As for himelf, he looked
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Then came the French Consul to offe
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ideological extremes in Germany had
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pointed on a rainy Manhattan dock w
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in routing the correspondence. He c
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Professor Veblen was one who had be
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young n-mnber f xom Prague. He noti
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-- '\ Ih you how why Einstein said
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Oxford, he should seek to reopen ne
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Alexander bve talked to re about Ho
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enthusiasm, ability, and nm.bers fa
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mar, of the joirit cnmittee of trrr
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He estimated it would cost $3,000 t
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61. Flexner to Veblen, 12/9/32; 12/
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97. Plewser to bass, 2/19/34. Jesse
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CHAPTER V TEZE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS
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those of the Vice-president beceae
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about durq educaticnal directors. T
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While Stewart mistrusted apoliticia
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wanted, it was of the economist, an
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ecause of his liberal policies, a d
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was goins to London to become '.onm
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were to be asserted in a series of
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No, I don't expect to be wholly a d
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friend of the Director since 1928.
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that neither he nor the Trustees wo
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and discontent among scholars. Vain
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as a member of the Board. 36 Hr. Fr
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and the luxury of agreeing with him
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onic point of view but from an hist
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When Mr. Maass received the minutes
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attitude on the acceptability of Ma
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consider itself as a location but r
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Dr. Flexner "quoted scripturem to e
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Unfortunately, this was a cmitment
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Dr. Flemer had kept President Dodds
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&re at last vas the kind of program
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He may have been hoping to secure f
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eceived, and of one "unethusiastic"
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ultiaately a budget of $100,000 a y
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But the beginning of September was
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economists could visit to talk abou
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of discontent for Flexner, though t
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egarded work of his career before h
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CHAPTER V - NOTES 1. Interview with
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37. Simon Flexner to Bernard Flexne
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71. Riefler to Flexner, 3/13/36. Ay
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country for classical hwnistic stud
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notions formed on the basis of defe
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mising.> His great vzlue to Fleer w
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lish nev objectives, say, in kerica
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In its tone this was less an outlin
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\ '. -\ would be imnaterial, provid
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Princeton: - The cooperation.. .fie
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eplied that he saw little llklihood
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and the burranities was clear. As h
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and unhealthful. He wanted to retur
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term of the concession (1937-19431,
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Princeton. At that p~ss Flexner ste
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too old to accumulate them at Teach
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sorPanofsky was at McCarmick H all,
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concessions to the De~rtment as did
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In 1936, he decided ta seek a lump
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Apparently the Director decided tha
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and after the most careful scrutiny
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of the Institute depends solely and
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to be such .that studies.. .will be
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CHASTER Vf - Notes I. Fosdick, op.
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34. Vekien to Flexner, 11/5/36. Fle
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CWTER VIf TOO MANY GENERALS The est
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General Education Board in 1925 to
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and how helpful I am sure he is goi
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order of business only a brief stet
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. of the Trustees concurred. They k
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From the time of his conversation w
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-317- with rrembers on behalf of th
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sites. Flexner'a reply was courteou
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near the apposite University depart
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The experiment of cooperating with
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On the same day he wrote to Mr. Bam
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was out of the question. To complet
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As the proposal for the first build
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mathematic stipends w wld better be
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than it was uorth, and the Universi
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joint basis. The Departrrrent agree
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outine matter..,The vzrious univers
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and inviting then, since he ves the
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professors in the School of Mathema
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were faculties entirely self-govern
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sthndards he discussed with Profess
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The Director did not consult the fa
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one group for the trustees, the oth
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continue to suggest the names of li
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the conferences ended as Professors
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k t US get our minds so full of the
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leased. The Institute would advznce
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to protect funds from the faculty,
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6. Maass to Flexner, 7J10/33. 7. In
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46, Flexner to Peblen, 12/4/36. 47.
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84. Minutes, Trustees' meeting, 1/2
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