Word: gi
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...know, the present trays were made when the metal shortage got rough during the war, by grinding up salvage GI socks and underwear turned in by the heroes of the late conflict, embedding these in a plastic matrix and coating the whole with a thin coating of superior smooth plastic in much the same fashion as in the old Columbia victrola records. Now I'm not squeamish, and I have great faith in the miracles of modern science, so I'm not disturbed by the fundamental arrangement. (I am told by a friend from Adams House that Irene was utterly...
There are more problems than that. The legal prospects include a decision on who owns the clouds, and other questions equally without precedent. Fear of suits has led General Electric to work with the Army Signal Corps, so that a GI hand tosses the dry ice from the plane...
...disappearance of Gi Bill veterans from the College also aggravates the finance problem. When the College was filled mainly with these government supported students, the scholarship resources were not heavily taxed, for $4,500,000 annually in Government funds supported 75 percent of the student body. But the age of the GI Bill is passing rapidly. Last year there were 1500 men in Harvard College by the courtesy of Uncle Sam. Now there are 1000. Next year there will be 500, and by 1952 the effects of the GI Bill in the College will be negligible...
Such is the "major financial aid problem" which the College faces. Higher cost of education has made scholarship money less effective and has made more people need scholarships. Lower qualifying requirements make twice as many men eligible for scholarship award. The losing of the GI Bill means reliance solely on College funds, and numerous students who entered the College on a gamble will be forced to leave unless they get some kind...
...Scholarship Committee seeks a means to take over, in part, where the GI Bill is leaving off. It is now making both immediate and long range progress, and possibly by 1952 when the sudden decline in scholarship help threatens to come, the College will have established an effective system to maintain its financial aid resources...