Word: correctives
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Almost one-fourth of the world's people develop myopia; up to 15% of U.S. schoolchildren are afflicted. So far, eye doctors have been at a loss for any means to correct the condition or to arrest its advance. Last week, in a cautious preliminary report, the experts suggested that a corrective may have been found by chance in the wearing of contact lenses...
...winners have been selected in the CRIMSON's Football Forecast Contest. Of the six, Henry S. Berman '61 was the only one who picked the correct score. Berman, who came within 12 yards of picking Princeton's total yardage, won five dollars worth of books from Barnes and Noble...
Charles W. Schoenman 3L came with 8 yards of guessing the correct yardage, but missed the final score by one point. Schoenmen won a $5.50 meal ticket from Elsie's. Other winners were Bruce Denny-Brown '60, four free haircuts from Harvard Barber Shop; John Harte '61, two free LP records from The Turntable; John S. Hammond '59, free cleaning of a suit every week until Christmas vacation from the Gold Coast and Morris Kesselman of Brookline, a 4x5 in. color transparency from Ferranti-Dege...
Despite fine acting and interacting, however, The Dark at the Top of the Stairs is a play of moderate stature. If the rumors are correct and the play is autobiographical, William Inge's craftsmanship does not quite hide the fact that he had a fairly dull childhood...
...classroom level, one innovation is the "contract correcting" study, in which persons such as housewives with good academic backgrounds correct themes at home, freeing the teacher for other work...