Universities and Colleges--New York (State)--New York--Anniversaries, etc.
Highlights the career and substantial contributions of the first president of Queens College, Paul M. Klapper. His development of a varied curriculum requiring art, music, languages, science, mathematics, and social studies aimed at nothing less...
Universities and Colleges--New York (State)--New York--Anniversaries, etc.
After noting the "unusual" faculty, students, and curriculum, the writer gives an appreciation of President Klapper, who "understood" the "hopes" and "difficulties" of both students and faculty.
Universities and Colleges--New York (State)--New York--Anniversaries, etc.
Describes the opening of the college during the Great Depression, its proximity to the 1939 World's Fair in Flushing Meadows, the approaching war clouds in Europe, and the divided feelings of the students and faculty about possible United States...
