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...problem, dismisses with a statement the suggestion that proposed courses on Great Authors, and American Thought and Institutions, be made compulsory. Though the Faculty recently voted to establish these courses on an elective basis, there remains a large Faculty block in favor of their being required. To cram these courses down the throats of all students is contrary to every concept of a true liberal education. It is to set up as absolute one interpretation of a problem that is at best highly contestable and contested. There has never been an agreement among experts as to whether the essentials...
...Force Ferrying Command. Bombardment George's job is a lulu: he is responsible for the transport of all planes from U.S. factory lines to the place of use, whether in the U.S. or at front lines in Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. He must cram all possible men, equipment and supplies into every outgoing plane, must find and train pilots on the side...
...grabs up hams at recruiting offices, tests them in mathematics, electricity, shop practice, radio; those who pass get ratings (radioman, second or third class), are shipped to W9XBK. They live at the Naval Armory, half a mile away, work nine hours, six days a week, five hours on Sundays, cram in another two hours of "homework" nightly...
...their prospectus seems to neglect the all-important fundamental of how they plan to cram seventeen weeks worth of knowledge into the heads of their students in twelve weeks. In the stuffy heat of a Cambridge summer between June 29 and September 19 any undergraduates who wish to hasten their graduation will attend two lectures a day five times a week. For his work in this period a student will receive the same credit as he would in the seventeen weeks of the fall and spring terms attending at least the same number of, classes a week. Apparently the summer...
...submarines use air conditioners and almost all naval shipbuilders cram conditioners into the tight hulls of destroyers, the sealed gun-turret rooms of other craft...