Word: gummeree
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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"It is noteworthy." Gummere said, "that for the first time in many years the proportion of admitted candidates from public schools exceeds that from private or independent schools." The group admitted last year shows figures of 56.8 per cent for public schools and 43.2 per cent for private.
Even in a year which saw the calls of the Armed Forces lower the enrollment at Harvard College my more than 1,000 students, Richard M. Gummere '07, chairman of the Committee on Admissions, stated in his annual report to President Conant that a total of 1.388 students, the largest...
With respect to the influence of the war on admission standards. Gummere declared that in view of the need for more scientific training in the case of boys who would soon elist or be drafted, the Committee has recognired for admission a reasonable amount of work in radio, meteorology, mechanics...
Gummere, long-familiar as the College representative to the prospective undergraduate, has been appointed for the half year beginning January 1, 1943. He takes the place of Alfred M. Tozzer '00, professor of Anthropology and Librarian of the Peabody Museum, who is now on leave.
In addition to Gummere, the only College officer to be added to the Board, two members of the staff of the Medical School and two from the School of Public Health were voted for terms of office lasting from February 1 to July 1, 1943.