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...present plan is the sense of haste and confusion surrounding the committee's decision. Only Dean May has shown any understanding of its complexities. and students, who were consulted in only the most perfunctory manner, have had little opportunity to challenge a system that will have such a great efect on life at Harvard. Dean May should postpone the date for applications and allow sufficient time to explain the plan, answer objections, and make changes. There is no reason to wait until next year to examine this plan...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Coed Mess | 4/9/1970 | See Source »

These are four branches of Astrology: Natural, having to do with the efect of the planets on earthly climate, quakes, floods; Mundane, concerning prosperity, plagues, wars; Natal, how the arrangement of the stars at the moment of birth determines a person's character, physique, life work; Horary, concerning the propitiousness of the stars for (or against) playing the market, getting married, leaving town. The last two branches of astrology are most in demand today...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Jan. 30, 1928 | 1/30/1928 | See Source »

President Edward A. Birge (in efect) : "This will shut the university off from higher education.* It is not fair to my successor, President-elect Glenn Frank, for it commits him to a policy about which he knows nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: At Wisconsin- Aug. 17, 1925 | 8/17/1925 | See Source »

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