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...conservative guest challenged the soundness of Holyoke's religious principles, but his colleague John Barnard declared him to be as orthodox a Calvinist as any men: yet too much to a gentleman . . . to cram his principles down another man's throat.' 'Then he must be the man,' said the governor, and Holyoke was elected...
Almost a tidal wave of applications engulfed the school after 1945. They were from vets but not those looking for a "cram course." Attracted by the educational benefits of the GI Bill of Rights, they wanted as much schooling as they could get. By 1946, only ten Littauer students were out for the original, one year Master of Public Administration de- gree. The rest were in four or five-year programs for Arts and Sciences doctors' degrees. Although they all had some interest in government, many had no intention of going into public service. Thus, the original conception...
Fall reading periods will be cyclically shortened, according to Kennedy's ten-year calendar. During the next two years students will be able to cram for 16 days, but in 1956 the period is cut to 13 days, and for the following three years back to nine...
...help in persuading the islanders to stop spitting and defecating anywhere & everywhere. He has fitted sanitary habits into the complex Polynesian social code. But the people's health, he believes, is inseparably bound up with education and economics. So, while at Harvard, he is going to cram in all the sociology he can. Class President Davis will also, by his past and his presence, contribute something to School of Public Health seminars. Said a member of the staff: "We think Dr. Davis can bring to us as much as we can give...
Student Eisenhower won't get his grades until the night of November 4. But meanwhile, nobody can say that a man of unique experience did not cram another piece of priceless education into the last five months...