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JOHNS-MANVILLE. The building boom pushed company sales of materials up 17% over last year to a six-month record of $176 million, lifting earnings 71% to $1.80 a share. Said President A. R. Fisher: Earnings and sales were "substantially greater than in any quarter or half-year in the company's history...
WHIRLPOOL CORP. Half-year earnings were $1.50 a share, nearly three times last year's figure...
...proposal for a three and a half-year seminar program, to begin in the freshman year, was made last month by Jerome S. Bruner, professor of Psychology. Bruner recently called for active debate on his proposal, in order to "stir the pot." He also declared himself interested in any other proposals which might alleviate "the lack of intellectual excitement" in the present system...
...guess," she said, "is that about half of our pupils take about four solids and no more than ten percent take five or more at any time. Many pupils take five solids the semester they take safety"--a required half-year course, which is considered a solid...
...girl can elect Modern Living as one of her solids, a half-year course "looking toward marriage, home planning, and learning to use money wisely." Or she might take Advanced Clothing, described in the school catalogue as "a second semester of clothing . . . designed particularly for twelfth grade girls to construct clothing for graduation activities...