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84. Minutes, Trustees' meeting, 1/25/37, p. 10 ff- 85.' Flexner to Maass, 2/3/37; to LeidesdorE, 2/12/37. 86. Minutes, Executive Cmittee meeting, 4/19/37. 87. Minutes, Trustees' meeting, 1/24/38, p. 14 if. kldesdorf to Rief lex, 10/14/38. 88. Minutes, Trustees* meeting, lO/llJ37, pp. 9-10, 12-13. Flexner to L. BamSerger, 8/19/37; to Haass, 8/25/37; to Straus, 9/29/37. ~~delotte to Flexner, 9/27/37. Flexner to Aydelotte, 9/29/37
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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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Mr. Barnbergex's proposal gave the
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Vice-himn was provided for, The Boa
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CHAPTER fX - NOTES 1. Goodspeed, op
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Re shall, after conference with t k
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CHAfTER I11 PLAPriING TEE ESTITUTE
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in research, whereas, la projecting
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a delay in action. The Board could
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I have finished the second draft of
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Universities, being prirrarily inte
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\ . science; the school of economic
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merh~rs of the Institute, and perso
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applied science, and progress in ph
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it right be decided that schools in
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had all too ilttle of it. He had be
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as a location; the mjority advised
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Meanwhile, in Jznuary 1932, the Dir
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Institute were not required to teac
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and the natural sciences. 26 Suqris
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+ this cen chosen were drzwn togeth
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and laborious in a university, 35 D
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Director on a par with the Institut
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, furter, though still agreeing uit
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I am firmly convinced that the absu
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of the University had it held itsel
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Foundation for Scientific Research,
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18. Minutes, Trusteesr meeting, 1/1
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CHAmm IT TEE SCHOOL OF HAIkXWTfCS T
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fields of rwtherratics and its eppl
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\\ \ based on the lot of the young
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one man was only a "nu~leus,~ vhile
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they would meet zt Oxford Universit
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Cruel indecision now assailed Birkh
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destined in their judgment "to hit
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California Institute of Technology'
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wbtsoever. As for himelf, he looked
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confidentially ex2ressed misgivings
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hononed him, Dr. Einstein first vis
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of the story, and photographs of Ei
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My point was not that you were raki
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uri tteri: The first problen! of co
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sam thing to Dr. Weyl, plagued as h
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sox Einstein is thus a distinct add
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Unfortunately, Veblen used Flexnerl
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over the "transferm of the three me
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feared Veblents diqleasure should h
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Professor Veblen bore in the Founde
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either a full and permanent member
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deciding who should be admitted, su
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This was written when Veblen though
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protect the Institute in deciding n
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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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