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...irony about Harvard's current problem of having to keep pace with its Ivy rivals in hunting nationally for applicants is that Harvard in the thirties was probably the first college to initiate such a policy. Admissions programs were then far calmer and more relaxed than they are today. In fact, President Conant's 1934 National Scholarship program was probably the biggest step ever taken up to that time by an eastern school to become a truly "national college." Alumni Scholarship Committees began multiplying in the West, where the early National Scholarships were concentrated...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet and Bayley F. Mason, S | Title: Intense Ivy Rivalry for 'Elite' of Applicants Puts Harvard Eyes on Nation-Wide Promotion | 6/9/1951 | See Source »

...After getting a "mild reprimand" from his bosses, Driver Coyne-a calmer man-is back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 3, 1950 | 7/3/1950 | See Source »

...record-breaking 3:28.14. This year Augie got a good start, right up with the pack, but soon found himself losing ground. He had gambled that the water would be rough, had loaded his forward fuel tank to keep his bow down. The water just south of Albany was calmer than he had hoped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Just for Fun | 6/5/1950 | See Source »

Waiting for Spring. Across the choppy Strait of Formosa, the armies of Communist China were waiting for spring to bring them calmer waters. Then, the Nationalists believe, they will try another invasion of Formosa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Report on Formosa | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

...lost in the strident Afrikaans outburst was the calmer voice of former Prime Minister Jan Christian Smuts, who pleaded: "Let this monument of our genesis be ... a symbol not only of the past but of our reconciliation . . ." Judge Newton Thompson bluntly spoke for South Africans of British descent: "If you want our country to flourish and be happy, then you must take us with you, not as your subordinates . . . but as your equals at your side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH AFRICA: On Dingaan's Day | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

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