Word: assigned
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Whatever portion of the blame for this you assign to the public, a good share must go to those professors and students who completely discount public opinion as irrational blabbering of a "great beast." And part must also go to university officials who carried traditional Harvard indifference to the point of refusal to dignify charges with convincing replies. Freedom of inquiry and publication may have made inevitable the University's acquisition of a Red label in the thirties--a label fixed even firmer in the last three years by those who hunt throughout history to make headlines. But the University...
...required athletic participation may be advisable for the average freshman, it becomes too heavy a drain on the man with a job. It leaves him fewer hours to study and often precludes extra-curricular activities. If University officials are concerned over the physical condition of freshmen, they can still assign the special course to the 20-to-30 percent who fail the step test. But in order to allow the physically fit working student enough time to study effectively, they should subordinate their program to other more important purposes of the College...
...years ago, TIME'S Education Department started a special program for U.S. college students. The plan was to assign a team of writer-editor lecturers to visit campuses across the country, speak to journalism classes and other students, and be available for discussion groups. The speakers were prepared to talk on the latest news issues, discuss the functions and responsibilities of reporting news today, and be targets in question-answer sessions. Last month the second lecture season was over, and TIME'S speaking team (Frank McNaughton, John Scott and Frank Shea) returned with a solid respect for this...
...recommended that the University assign some office the task of assembling similar statistics for all courses, to dispel the myth that a pre-med student must concentrate entirely on his studies, at the expense of other interests...
...Houses have made room for 50 extra students (total 2,650), and Claverly may receive 132 men instead of the 126 there last fall. Watson said that the usual enrollment decrease over the summer will create sufficient vacancies for the extra students. Therefore, some Houses plan not to assign all their Claverly rooms until September...