Word: bille
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...federal government is giving plenty of aid to education as it is--most of it by direct subsidy through the GI Bill--and it has given plenty in the past, beginning with land grants for colleges in the last century, and school-house building programs in the Depression. What the various pressure groups desire is that the money forthcoming from the Eighty-First Congress will be unconditional--no strings attached. What they desire more fervently, of course, is the money itself...
When the Taft bill to give the states 300 million dollars for elementary and secondary schools failed to make the grade last year, the NEA was exceedingly put out, and produced a blizzard of publicity releases. One of them bitterly pointed out that Congress was eager to spend more than 300 million dollars on tobacco and intoxicants to be sent to Europe under the Marshall Plan--but not a penny for the "millions of American children now lacking educational opportunities." The NEA is happier this year with the Democratic victory, but it is willing to stick to the kind...
Lanky Ed Smith will move into the starting lineup tomorrow night when Bill Barclay's varsity basketball squad meets Columbia down in the Lions...
Smith, who paced the team in scoring against Princeton last Wednesday night with 13 points, will replace Bill Prior in the pivot spot. The switch is an effort to bolster the Crimson offense which hasn't shown too much power thus far this season. The team will be shooting to end a losing streak which has reached eight games...
Four lettermen are back, including Sherry Marshall, but most of last season's standouts are gone, including its three top scorers, Walt, Budko, Bruce Ghorke, and Al Vogel. Other returnees include Herb Poch, Norm Skinner, and Bill Lockwood...