Word: forded
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...newly-formed sub-committee of the powerful Committee on Educational Policy has been set up to study the general problem of admissions to Harvard College. Chaired by Franklin L. Ford, associate professor of History, the committee will, in the words of Dean Bender, "look at the terrible problems of future admission policy...
...Ford told the CRIMSON last night that the formation of this new committee in "no way reflects on the present operations of the Admissions office, but is rather a reflection of the belief that the College ought to survey its own composition from time to time" in a way that the Admissions office cannot do because of its necessary preoccupation with day-to-day admissions matters...
...that the Masters have experimented with their Ford grants--purchasing everything from sherry and seminar rooms to tape recorders and jazz concerts--it is time to count up the wins and losses. An annual allowance of $2500 to each Master leaves little rom for fumbles. Unfortunately, these scarce funds have paid for such capital improvements as House seminar rooms, and in one House such a project consumed half the grant for two successive years. In general, the Ford money should not be invested in brick and mortar...
...Masters encourage more long-term visits and less "big name" whistle-stops, if they channel their money into student projects rather than House seminar rooms, the Ford grants will better serve their purpose of rounding out the rather spotty educational offerings of the House system...
...parts were bolted together instead of expensively welded; front and rear bumpers were made identical; the front sheet metal assembly was reduced to six pieces. In seven months the Lark was ready. Total development cost: less than $3,000,000, v. an estimated $150 million for the 1959 Ford...