Word: attendant
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...University professors have been invited to attend academic conferences in the Soviet Union during the next two months, it was learned yesterday...
...most. At Princeton a special faculty committee helps interested students make out their applications, even recommends people from whom students may be able to get the necessary testimonials. West Point presents up to 20 candidates a year, and Annapolis (15 in 52 years) gives its candidates extra leave to attend state and district meetings. Yale's 20 candidates hold mock Rhodes interviews a few weeks before the state competitions. The University of Minnesota invites top honor men to apply for the program...
...neighboring Portugal, the cost of living is about the same as in Spain and the Portuguese government offers a number of scholarships to foreign students who want to attend summer sessions. This summer the University of Coimbra is scheduled to have an extensive program of instruction in the fields of language, literature, history of art, archaeology, ethmography, and geography. Some of the liberal arts courses of the University of Lisbon in the capital are conducted in English...
...course, announced that this term the department would not give the usual listening assignment review at the end of the term on WHRB. He explained that the purpose of cutting out the review is to force those students who ordinarily count on the review to pass the exam, to attend the listening labs and to do the required listening assignments. His contention is that those students who go to listening labs during the year do not need the review and those who don't go will not be helped...
Those of us who attend the listening labs regularly (and we feel that we are in the majority) disagree with Mr. Yellin. Review is necessary to assimilate the material covered in listening labs and to reestablish the music of the different periods in the minds of those about to take the exam. In view of the record shortage, the fairest and most successful way to give each student a chance to review the course is the usual WHRB review. It is a great asset, and we do not see why we should be penalized by a device which is designed...