Conant, Grew, Fuerbringer, Amory Top Crime's 'Seventy-Fifth' June 8

President Conant, Joseph C. Grew '02, Cleveland Amory '39, and Otto E. Fuerbringer '32 will top the list of honored former staff members at the speakers' table when the CRIMSON holds its Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Dinner on June 8.

Over 200 past and present editors are expected at 14 Plympton Street throughout the afternoon for "Puncheon." At 7 o'clock the company will shift to the dinning hall of Adams House for the banquet, at which George A. Weller '29 will serve as toastmaster.

President Conant, who held the post of assistant managing editor in 1914, noted in a message printed in the Anniversary Issue, January 30, that the CRIMSON "has represented freely the various shifts of opinion among the young men of each successive college generation."

Growth in Stature

During these years, "the paper has grown to a unique and important position in the life of the University," Conant said.

Amory occupied the presidency of the CRIMSON in 1939 and now contributes to national magazines, while his novel, "The Proper Bostonians," steadily holds a top spot on the best-seller list.

Amory's reminiscing in the January 30 number stated flatly that he did not think "anyone who wants to make a career of writing or editing is wasting time by devoting most of his College life to the paper ... As I look back on my College career, he recalled, "I think of it as 90 percent CRIMSON, nine percent studies, and one percent good time."

Grew Under Secretary

Grew, United States pre-war Ambassador to Japan and earlier to Turkey, started his career with the State Department two years after graduation in 1902. He entered retirement in 1944 after serving as Under Secretary of State upon returning from the Orient.

Fuerbringer is a Senior Editor of Time magazine. In 1932 he held the President's post.

Weller, a Nieman Fellow during the past year, has covered the globe as foreign correspondent for the Chicago Daily News and other publications since his tenure as CRIMSON editorial chairman in 1929. In 1943 he won the Pulitzer Prize for his story of an appendectomy performed under enemy waters by an American submarine doctor.