CONANT'S FINAL WORD

A respected chemist who personally worked on the Manhattan Project, James Bryant Conant '14 used his position as University president to issue visionary pronouncements on grim world affairs.

An advertisement for Cronin's, a popular campus tavern of the 1950s.

CARTOON CANDIDATE

When the creator of Pogo, a cartoon character who made a comic bid for the presidency in 1952, arrived on campus, a riot ensued.