Word: greatful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Although there is a great deal of academic work--undergraduates must write theses and pass state examinations, while graduates work independently under the guidance of an adviser--Russian students find adequate time for outside activities. In addition to Komsomol, the Communist youth organization to which everyone belongs (membership is not compulsory but so desirable that few fall to join), Moscow has a large number of extracurricular activities rather similar to those found in American schools...
Soviet students, Azrael finds, are generally content. "Tourists who meet Russian youths on the street tend to get an exaggerated impression of discontent among the university students." He was struck by the large extent of "satisfaction, defined in a great variety of ways, among the Soviet student body...
...Administration's decision to probe the entire question of rising Dining Hall costs has great merit. By holding a semi-open hearing, the Deans opened the problem for public discussion--but they still held that "some rise in the Board rate seems inevitable, and soon, in any case." Although they held that "some sort of economies" could be effected, they failed to hold out any hope of avoiding yet another hike...
Both Conway and Elliott Perkins '23, Master of Lowell House, said they thought that there might be a great deal of waste in milk and butter, but that the upcoming experiments and inquiries should find out exactly how much...
...decided not to apply for a loan under title II, even though our failure to apply would mean a financial handicap to a certain number of students. We believe that the handicap to the whole student group, through invading our justified trust of them would be a great less. Katherine E. McBride, President...