Word: excessive
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Under the compassionate probing of a social worker, the Sampleses spilled out their troubles. Vincent admitted drinking to excess. Geraldine agreed that she had nagged him incessantly. The couple still had faint hopes for their marriage, and willingly signed a lengthy reconciliation contract. One of the court's three staff workers went to work with the Sampleses as a counselor. Last week, 18 months after their reconciliation, Mr. and Mrs. Samples were in the chambers of Judge Louis H. Burke to thank him for saving their marriage. Vincent had reformed, is now a steady worker, a family...
...romance." Some of his helpful hints for husbands: 1) take an hour to dress, 2) always wear suspenders, 3) in public be gartered, 4) flash at least half an inch of cuff below jacket sleeves, 5) always wear a vest with a single-breasted suit, 6) avoid an excess of jacket padding, 7) get chummy with a good tailor...
...Radcliffe (and possibly of other branches of the University), who might find their children excluded. In the open competition, children of alumni are often excluded. But the pressure will be greater in later years and this for various reasons. The current enrollment is about 40 per cent in excess of that of 25-30 years ago--it may be assumed that the graduates of 25-30 years ago now have children of college age. But it is assumed at this point that enrollment will not rise in the future. Hence the advantage of a rising Harvard enrollment will be available...
...great rise in physical resources per student. There were adequate classrooms and lecture rooms. But in the years 1940-55, the expansion of physical resources has not equalled, or nearly equalled, that in enrollment. (Lamont Library and the Science Building were the only substantial additions.) Indeed, there was some excess capacity which now began to be utilized. Now we are confronted with great deficiencies in lecture rooms, Seymour E. Harris more, we are certain that the NAACP, as do most thinking Americans, sympathizes with what Mr. Halberstam calls "the South's problems." But this does not mean that it must...
Students already living in the Houses can expect little relief of the present crowded conditions there next fall. Rooms in Wigglesworth will be added to space in Dudley, Apley Court, and at the Business School to house overflow upperclassmen. At present each House has an approximate excess of 30 affiliated students living outside the House. The addition of Wigglesworth would not be sufficient to increase appreciably the number of House non-residents...