Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Bate '39, professor of English, viewed the proposals with skepticism. Citing the "gigantic cost" of House tutorials, he called the suggested Freshman innovations "largely academic." The present work overload on the staffs of popular departments such as English, he claimed, would also make extension of tutorial to Freshmen very difficult...
...college teachers will be needed by 1970, institutions of higher learning can only count on having about 236,000 qualified instructors, Elder predicted. While large, well-established universities like Harvard will still be able to obtain top-quality teachers, many small liberal arts colleges will find it difficult to draw enough qualified men to cope with the vast increase expected in enrollment...
...question of the "diamond in the rough" has caused many furrowed brows among Harvard admissions officials in the past few decades. One of the more difficult cases settled by the Admissions Committee last week concerned a straight-A student from a small Negro high school (74 in the graduating class) in North Carolina. Judging by his demonstrated leadership and by his secondary school record, he was an ideal candidate for admission. Being colored also gave him a definite advantage, since non-whites are given preference over equally-qualified white students. One fact kept this student out of Harvard...
Before the group started its work, there was little positive knowledge of mammalian embryology. Unlike the bird or reptile, the mammal young develop inside the mother, and as a result testing becomes extremely difficult...
...some cynics attribute only to "the folk." Pete Seeger is proud of the fact that he is part of the American folk, although he is probably one of the few Exeter and Harvard students to admit it. No matter how you feel about Seeger's political opinions, it is difficult to deny that his convictions are formulated from a genuine love of the human race...