Freshman pilot dies in a New Hampshire crash.
Cambridge holds elections for city government and college students solicited the Harvard and Harvard Square vote. After the elections, Cambridge Civic Association (CCA) had a weak hold on Cambridge city government.
December
Student council begins a study of girls' role in college organizations.
February
Eleanor Roosevelt visits Harvard and urges ratification of the U.N. hunger rights covenant.
Work begins on the Memorial Church memorial to those who died in World War II.
April
Professor of History and Literature F.O. Matthiessen commits suicide by jumping out a hotel window.
June
The Fogg Art Museum acquired a new art collection that included paintings by Degas, Cezanne, Renoir and Picasso.