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Instead of a blanket prohibition of post-season participation, the Ivy agreement should allow each school to decide in which contests its athletes can participate. In this way, individual excellence would receive national recognition without danger of commercial exploitation...
Cold Facts. In San Bernardino, Calif., clever burglars removed the electric fuses in John B. Rapier's store, were caught red-handed when Rapier appeared from his living quarters to see why his electric blanket had gone...
...blanket exemptions should be given. Each case should be individually decided on the basis of examinations, personal interviews, and the student's secondary school record. The number of exemptions must be small; there are few students who cannot benefit from an elementary level G.E. course. But a certain number of exemptions should be made, for neither G.E. nor any system of advanced placement can achieve its goal if a student feels he is wasting time in a course beneath his abilities...
...Selective Service leaders outline a uniform, nationwide policy on exemptions. Local boards will argue that the immediate injustice done to Johnny Jones and his family outweighs the long-range national benefits of highly trained scientists. England, mindful of the critical need for advanced scientific talent, gives its graduate students blanket deferments...
...legislators slapped on an additional $200. Over the governor's veto, they also passed a 2? addition to the cigarette tax, to be turned over to the schools. They postponed Lee's program for merit raises, in effect put Utah's teachers in line for a blanket salary increase of $200. About the only victory Lee won, in fact, was on his recommendation for the four junior colleges. But last week, still singed by the frying pan, Lee found himself in the fire...