Word: consideration
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...between the proven scholar and the intelligent "all around" man. There is, of course, room for both, but serious disagreement exists as to the desirable mixture of these types in future classes. The exponents of one position, hold, in general, that Harvard is a place for scholarship, and admissions consideration should thus consider academic achievement as almost the sole basis for acceptance...
Such a view, however, does not consider the non-academic factors of college education. A community of scholars is a worthy ideal for a university, but not necessarily for an undergraduate body. The four undergraduate years are supposed to provide a "liberal education," not a mere preview of professional, graduate...
A student who can amass enough learning to get Advanced Placement in three courses is often one with widespread interests. Not all A. P. students get advancement in Chemistry, Physics, and Mathematics; some get it in Mathematics, American History, and French. Thus, a boy with enough interest in widely separated...
At the meeting, officials will consider the size of scholarships to be offered to students who have applied for aid at two or more of the participating colleges. The representatives will negotiate to arrive at scholarship figures equalized in proportion to the full tuitions at the respective colleges.
While it would be unfair to Premier Khrushchev to consider Prime Minister Macmillan's recent Russian trip a triumph for the West, much more has been gained by it than might have been expected.