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...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...
...approximately 5,000 ex-GI's currently enrolled in the University, not more than 40 are likely to be affected by the new Veterans Administration regulation announced yesterday, according to John U. Monro '34, Counsellor to Veterans...
According to the new edict, veterans already in school will not be able to enroll in additional courses after July 25, 1951. To a veteran graduating from the College in June, 1951, that would probably mean he couldn't go on to graduate school, even if he still had GI Bill time coming, said Monro...
...rules have been designed to expedite the closing down of the GI Bill training program, a job that is expected to take six years. Under the Veterans Readjustment Act, ex-GI' s were required to take advantage of school time within four years after...