Word: grad
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...same practice, condemned it, and then was annoyed when a marking informed him that a student left the exam half-an-hour early. A professor wonders why his best student entered law school and a business school student wonders why Littauer students won't talk to him. And a grad student wonders if his parents will ask why he hasn't gotten his Ph.D...
...Reds with a 21-24 record will be underdogs against a strong M.I.T. Faculty Grad team. The Reds are numbers 6, 7, 10, 17, and 20 on the varsity...
...special grant late last year designed "to provide followships for the aid and development of law teachers." This increase, along with other recent increases in the number of graduate students in the School, has given rise to the Committee on Graduate Studies which must deal with the selection of grad students from the many applications and with the development "of appropriate programs of study for graduate students...
...disappear, but to some extent so is the gentleman. "A college education," says Headmaster Edward Hall of the Hill School, "is no longer a hereditary right like a membership in a club. It is a prize to be won against increasingly rigorous competition." Though the child of the old grad may still have a slight advantage, even top private Eastern prep schools can no longer guarantee him a place in the college of his choice. Says Headmaster Hall: "It's kind of hard on the Yale alumnus who develops a kid as bright as his father but no brighter...
Your Dec. 24 Swiss sixth-grade problem* was subjected to the combined efforts of an education senior, a business administration grad student, a pre-med student, and an English lit. major. After about six hours we made a frantic call to our favorite Ph.D. candidate in math. He was kind enough to tell us that our solution was the right one. Next time, could you publish a fifth-grade problem...