Word: gsas
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...many "arts" seniors contemplating graduate study feel that Harvard GSAS is the only worthy graduate school in the country, and one probable factor in creating this feeling is their lack of familiarity with the graduate departments of other universities. This overblown attraction toward GSAS can result in last-ditch "Where shall I apply?" queries, directed very often to people who know little more about American graduate schools than the student. Or it can end in abandonment of graduate study plans...
...Harvard seat" is a pleasant political myth, and Barnes realizes he must fight for his election. He has College, Law School and GSAS young Democrats, Republicans and liberals working for him, allegedly reaping all sorts of political experience. "It's a new form of patronage," Professor Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. commented recently. "Bill gives people jobs before the election instead of after it." Schlesinger is only one of many University people to endorse Barnes' candidacy; even if there is no such thing as a "Harvard seat," Barnes is certainly the Harvard candidate...
Thirty-five years ago, when Sheldon Gluecks suggested to his professor at the GSAS that an evaluation be made of the peno-corrective system used in this country, he had no idea that he was opening the door on an area of research that would become a lifetime career for him and his wife, Eleanor. His instructor seized upon the suggestion, secured $3,500 for research, and in 1925, the Gluecks began an unprecedented search into the facts and fallacies of the peno-corrective system of the United States...
...largest number, 55 per cent, plan to enter graduate school immediately. In addition, many of those listed in other categories, especially those in the military, will go to graduate school. Of the 55 per cent of the Class planning immediate graduate study, 33 per cent intend to enter GSAS, 30 per cent plan to study medicine, 20 per cent law, 6 per cent business, 3 per cent education, 3 per cent design, 2 per cent theology, 1 per cent dentistry, and 2 per cent plan to enter special schools. This breakdown is roughly equivalent to that of the Class...
Other plans for HUT expansion include recruiting student teachers from the Law School, the School of Education, and the GSAS. Wellesley College students will also be asked to participate and teach in high schools in Needham, Lexington, and Wayland...