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Copleining that at Dartmouth "affairs of the mind frequently defer to social and athletic affairs" and that "few of our students over do any academic work beyond the prescribed minimum.," the recommendations aimed at a general revitalization of Dartmouth's "educational program and intellectual atmosphere...
...went on to explain that the ideas of students who are uncertain in college often crystallize in the service. "I have observed that many undergraduates defer important decisions until after their military service, and many of those who waited until they had degrees regretted on returning that they could not go back to college," he added...
After Saturday midnight, voting began. Five amendments, designed variously to defer ratification until after an attempt at a disarmament pact with Russia, until the allies agreed on the arms pool, until France received "new guarantees" from its allies, were defeated by comfortable margins. Finally the Senate voted the accords themselves. The vote on the key WEU pact was 184-110, the others even more decisive...
...University's decision to defer any action for the present follows logically from its previously stated policy. The latest statement indicates the Corporation's continued belief in full testimony before investigation committees. But it also reveals a firm conviction that the Corporation's feelings about the wisdom of Furry's decision not to name names are beside the point, and that the decision rests with the courts alone...
During the past school year, however, considerable controversy developed on the campus over the faculty suggestion that the fraternities stop rushing freshmen during the first weeks of school and defer their pledging program until the second term...