Word: adopted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Corporation should adopt the Committee's recommendations with the modifications mentioned above. By so doing, it would be moving the salaries of low and middle group men up together, and with a promise of eventually providing special rewards for the most excellent men, would best aid both individual faculty members and the University as a whole in the long as well as the short...
Family Hierarchy. In 1899 Graham became the first school of its kind to adopt the idea of a "cottage system." Today, when a child arrives, he is assigned to one of seven brick houses, each with its own "father" or "mother," its own kitchen and dining room. But unlike other institutions, Graham does not segregate its children by ages. "A six-year-old," says Director Thomas, "looks not so much to an adult for his model as to a nine-year-old. That's the hierarchy of family living we try to keep." Through the sixth grade, children attend...
Specifically, the Councils request that football players be allowed to take part in the East-West and North-South football games, both charity affairs. This is a sound proposal, and one which the League should adopt. The participation of a few scattered football players in a game during Christmas vacation will not appreciably increase emphasis on the sport in the Ivy institutions. And since these particular games require the player's time only during vacations, they would not detract from class time...
...clue behind Eliza's bequest: her maiden name was Campbell. Glowed the duke, a well-heeled man: "I can only assume that the bequest was made to me as head of the Clan Campbell . . . It was a most admirable attitude for the lady to adopt...
...growing complexity of modern technology has forced M.I.T. to adopt a new attitude towards the amount of education required for professional scientific competence. While some men can be successful with only a Bachelor's degree, the administration feels more and more advanced training is necessary to keep up with technological change. The undergraduate will gain a broad background of scientific training, but only a graduate student will be able to develop these fundamentals into unique skills and ideas...