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...Sussex and Durham--remains largely one of "academic excellence," not the idea that everyone should try to get "two or three years of college." There are only some 30-odd universities in the U.K. (polytechnics are still rightly or wrongly considered one grade down), and perhaps only 10 per cent of the college-age population get there. The education they receive is correspondingly more concentrated and structured than that of their U.S. counterparts. All secondary education--whether state-run, or private at the misnamed "public schools," is rooted in competition: despite the introduction of comprehensive state schools which take...
Only 16 per cent of today's undergraduates belong to final clubs. During the '30s and '40s, 40 per cent were members. During the tumultous '60s, the figure was reduced to 10 per cent. One club, the Iroquois, closed in 1970. Despite the decline in membership, the issue of final clubs arouses adrenalin in any social circle, particularly when recruiting season comes around...
Archie C. Epps III, dean of students, admits that club alumni are often "wealthy and powerful." During the '60s, he said, 80 per cent of Harvard's governing boards, Board of Overseers and Corporation were former clubbies. Epps said that ten per cent of the University's individual donors--many of whom are clubbies--supply 80 per cent of Harvard's donations...
...sudden--hello--the Tigers had a 14-0 lead before 25 per cent of the game had been played...
Tenants and elderly homeowners in Cambridge are expected to bear the brunt of an $8.6 million tax increase under 100 per cent valuation, Sam Gregory, spokesman for the Cambridge Coalition, said yesterday...