As foretold last fortnight by the Boston Globe (TIME, Sept. 28), 36-year-old Kenneth Ballard ("Cotton Top") Murdock, associate professor of English and master of Harvard's new Leverett House, was elected last week to be dean of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences of Harvard University. It was also reported, unofficially, that he would be relieved of his teaching duties for the year, save for a little tutorial work. As dean, he will be chief assistant to President Abbott Lawrence Lowell More & more, as Harvard becomes larger and richer, as President Lowell...
To continue reading:
or
Log-In
