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Word: donning (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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But if Harvard has spread itself out to include more schools and schools further from Cambridge, the question remains what kind of schools and what kind of people is Harvard attracting. Professor Samuel A. Stouffer, an Admissions Committee member, notes that despite the effort expended toward attracting bright people in...

Author: By Stephen C. Clapp, | Title: The Changing Character of Harvard College: Applicants Face Stiffer Costs, Competition | 4/24/1959 | See Source »

"We don't take as many risks as perhaps we ought to," King adds, "but a $2000 a year scholarship is a pretty high investment. There is a danger to us that we will lose our investment if a boy doesn't do well at Harvard, and there is a...

Author: By Stephen C. Clapp, | Title: The Changing Character of Harvard College: Applicants Face Stiffer Costs, Competition | 4/24/1959 | See Source »

What was missing from an otherwise well-rounded essay was an appreciation of the intellectual service that often accompanies the work student leaders do. Most of us agree that one goal of education is, in the happy phrase of Master Brower of Adams House, "a mind that speaks for itself...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: REPRESENTATIVE OPINION | 4/23/1959 | See Source »

I don't mean to be complacent, for the real problems raised in the article cannot be solved by any smug account of the achievements of extra-curricular groups at Harvard. Perhaps, however, the way to a solution lies in just those people who make up the great majority of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: REPRESENTATIVE OPINION | 4/23/1959 | See Source »

The varsity swept the remaining matches without the loss of a set. Bob Bowditch, looking very good at second singles, beat Don Hicks, 6-1, 6-2, and then paired with Weld to take the first doubles from Richardson and Hicks, 8-6, 6-2. Tim Gallwey, at number three...

Author: By Peter J. Rothenberg, | Title: Tennis Team Defeats Amherst, 8-1; Weld Drops Match to Enemy Ace | 4/23/1959 | See Source »

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