Word: gainful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...schools, but every statement they made served only to strengthen the split in city beliefs. Opposition cries that the Board was trying to push measures through without telling the townspeople what they were doing probably held more than a grain of truth. Until the Board tries to gain general consent from the community before it proposes a plan--and incorporates in it the intelligent suggestions of the non-Board members--there will never be a new high school built in Mount Vernon...
...return, the students gain the experience of various different skills, and an acquaintance, at least, with some types of work they are not likely to encounter later in life. Many students find working on the farm, for example, among the most rewarding experiences Putney has to offer. The farm used to be a more integral part of the school than it is now, but those who work on it still have a chance to become familiar with some aspects of the problem of agriculture today...
...Class of 1961 were forced to commute, although as the year wore on, most of these were absorbed into the Houses. To further reduce the number, members of the Class of 1959 were permitted to live out of the Houses next year, in an attempt-not overly successful-to gain more room in the Houses...
...productivity of such workers-or how much money they should get. On the standard measures, it often appears that white-collar employees drag productivity down. If only production-line workers are counted, productivity increased at an annual rate of 3.7% since 1947; if all workers are counted, the gain drops to 2.9%. Actually, says Wernick, the reverse may be true, since technical experts often make possible productivity increases. Moreover, how can industry measure the work of scientists who design a new machine or a new product that does not show up in the output figures for months...
...cross country swept to an undefeated season as Pete Reider won the major race of the year against Princeton and Yale. Captain Jim Shue, Ken MacIntosh, Larry Ekpebu, Tommy Bernheim, and Roger Tuckerman formed a consistently improving forward line that finally enabled the varsity soccer team to gain a creditable 6-2-3 record as well as a 4 to 2 win over the Elis. The season also saw the appearance of sophomore Lanny Keyes who may well turn out to be one of the finest fullbacks Coach Bruce Munro has had in a long time...