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...cane on the floor. "I have something to say," he squeaked, "so I'll talk first." he was going to visit Canada, Britain, the Vatican, the Continent and the U.S. (for one quick stopover, then a formal visit in November), to win good will and loans for Japan, expand trade, smooth out some misgivings, and "thank" the U.S.-and especially General Douglas MacArthur-for helping Japan rise from defeat...
...Brussels, two days later, Curtice announced that G.M. would double its output in the Benelux nations, too, by spending $6,000,000 to expand its assembly capacity. Belgium, Luxembourg and The Netherlands, said he, should provide a market for 166,000 cars and trucks by 1960, up 26,000 from the expected 1954 total...
President Mather's drive to expand his school's enrollment is a direct result of his feeling that it is the University's obligation to educate a maximum number of Mass. citizens. He will not, however, "settle for quantity in education," and asserts that "if we don't get the necessary new buildings and staff we'll keep our present enrollment. We'll stay this size until somebody fires...
...which represents a growth of over 300 percent since the war, is scheduled to hit 10,000 by the early 1960's. To accommodate this great influx of students, new living quarters dwarfing the nine or ten dormitories built during the last decade will be needed, in addition to expanded classroom, laboratory, and social facilities. A new men's dormitory and several science buildings are now in the process of construction, while next year will see the ground-breaking for a Student Union and a large women's gymnasium. Meanwhile, the next legislature will be asked to appropriate...
...plan, as presented to the Army, would expand summer camp training to 12 weeks, and would shorten ROTC class work to three years. In addition, civilian instruction in ROTC classes would be greatly extended. At present, all ROTC students spend six weeks in summer camp, and four years in classes...