Word: gi
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...qualms concerning this proposal. Exactly such a system operates at Radcliffe, and nobody has accused that institution of having co-educational tendencies. And from the point of view of economy and convenience for students, the advantages would be particularly welcome in these days of high living costs and stretched GI allowances...
...doing so the University recognizes the inadequacy of GI Bill benefits, for the Cambridge area, at least. Since the $65 per month allowance does not even cover room and board, veterans have been forced to add to the government stipend from their own pcket...
Close on the heels of the passage of the GI Bill of Rights and Public Law 16, under which veterans are allowed educational benefits, 173 veterans enrolled in the University for the winter term 1944-1945. These first ex-GI's were registered in 18 departments including 60 in the College, 15 in the Freshman class, 35 each in the graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the Law School. Most of them were from the Army, although the Navy, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, and the Canadian and Mexican armies were represented. Only a few had been in service overseas...
...appeal would allow veterans to buy textbooks anywhere in Boston, or even in their own home towns, if need be, and still receive a refund under the provisions of the GI Bill. At present official rulings limit the accepted book stores to those in Harvard Square...
Student veterans without dependents rate to receive $65 subsistence per month instead of the former $50, while those with dependents will receive $90 instead of $75 according to the revised GI Bill which was signed by President Truman on December 29 after being passed by Congress on December...