These meetings brought leading speakers to Cambridge including Karl T. Compton, former president of M.I.T., Jacques Maritain and Hu Shih, both of Princeton, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge '24, and Manly Fleischmann '29, director of the Defense Production Administration.
15 Niemans Selected
Names of 12 American newspapermen who won this year's Nieman Fellowships were announced in late June. For the first time, three associate fellows were appointed from newspapers in Canada, Australia., and New Zealand.
This is the 14th group of Nieman Fellows awarded a year of study at Harvard since the fellowships were established from the money left by the widow of the founder of the Milwaukee Journal. One hundred fifty-eight persons have held the fellowships in the first 13 years, to pursue studies of their own choice for background use in their journalistic work. The men get leaves of absence from their papers.
The 1951-52 winners are:
Robert W. Brown, editor, Columbus (Ga.) Ledger; Robert S Crandall, Sunday editor, New York Herald Tribune; John Davies, Jr., reporter, Newark News; William F. Freehoff, Jr. editor, Kingsport (Tenn.) News, Joseph Givando, reporter, Denver Post: John M. Harrison, associate editor, Winston Salem Sentinel: Robert W. P. Martin, war correspondent for Columbia Broadcasting System, Korea: Charles Molony, Washington bureau. Associated Press: Lawrence K. Nakatsuka, assistant city editor, Honolulu Star-Bulletin; John L. Steele, Washington bureau, United Press: and Kevin R. Wallace, reporter, San Francisco Chronicle.
The three Nieman associates for 1951-52 are:
Shane MacKay, legislative reporter, Winnipeg Free Press: Edmond W. Tipping, chief of staff, Melbourne Herald; and H.J.E. Kane, chief reporter, Christ-church (New Zealand) Press.
The fields the men will study range from "industrial and economic problems of the Rocky Mountain region" to psychology and sociology, but most of the work will be done in the area of government and economics. With the exception of one 25-year-old fellow, all of the men are in their 30's.
Science Deans Named
A new deanship has been created to direct the work in applied sciences, and John H. Van Vleck, Hollis Professor of Mathematics, is the first man to fill the post.
Also promoted in July was Albert Haertlein, McKay Professor of Civil Engineering, who was made associate dean of Applied Sciences in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
The new deans will carry forward a reorganization begun under Gordon M. Fair, who has served for the past two years as chairman of the Division of Engineering Sciences.
The immediate assignment is to expand the work in applied sciences and engineering along the lines outlined in a special report commissioned by President Conant. Vannevar Bush headed the group which urged a broader training for scientists "to become leaders in an expanding economy based increasingly upon the utilization of science in an economic manner for human needs."
Institute Records Courses
Tape recorders were standard equipment at the Summer School as the Lowell Institute recorded a number of summer courses for rebroadcast when its new educational FM station opens full operation this fall.
Among the classes the institute recorded were Pierre Emmanuel's "The Tragic Sense in Modern Literature," Hans Kohn's "Nationalism in International Relations in the 20th Century," Hans Morgenthzu's "Principles of International Politics," and Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin's "The Solar System and its Evolution."