Word: admitting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...College admitted 1,385 of its 5,200 applicants this spring, about 27 per cent. Of these, 81 per cent, or 1,110, accepted admission. The College will need to admit 90 off the waiting list to add another 80 members to the Class of 1965, and 10 late applicants will fill out the group...
...Dean of Admissions, explains that the 1960 total represented a sudden climb of almost 1,000, and that meanwhile the rate of acceptance jumped four or five per cent. (The rate of acceptance is the percentage of successful applicants who actually enroll at Harvard. In 1952, the College could admit 1,940 applicants to get a class of 1,222; now the rate of acceptance is more than 80 per cent, compared to 63 in 1952.) Thus Harvard was forced to send out at least 1,000 more rejections than ever before in 1960, and the shock had a deep...
...while the girl on his left politely inquired what courses he was teaching this term. Unable to offset the institutional formality, most 'Cliffies would like to abolish it altogether. Once again the sanctioned motive for revision is the desire to entice the Faculty up to Radcliffe. Many 'Cliffies, however, admit private reservations about emulating the free-wheeling discussions they imagine typical of the Harvard Houses...
...King Hussein's 1,600,000 subjects are Palestinian refugees who hold no love for the desert-born Hashemite dynasty. Half a million live in filthy camps and are grimly called "the King's immortal guests" because, to get more food rations, they register births but never admit to any deaths. They are fierce Arab nationalists, who tune in on Cairo's Voice of the Arabs and can stage a nasty riot. Last week Hussein risked their displeasure and defied his own royal relatives by taking a British bride...
...first thought," said Schaff, " Is he baiting me?' But when I looked at the student and saw hundreds of pairs of eyes watching me attentively, I understood: this is serious. It was confirmed by the silence with which my explanations were followed. I admit that I was thinking out loud, and very feverishly. Until then I had rejected such subjects as so much blah-blah...