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...anybody doubted the productive strength of the U.S. economy, the half-year profit figures that poured in last week should have settled the matter. Of 148 companies reporting so far, 98 had beaten their 1949 first-half earnings. For many a company, 1950'$ first-half profits were the biggest in history...
...Films has returned to its cameras after a half-year layoff...
Equally impressive evidence was available on the optimistic side. Stocks were undoubtedly getting stronger because many of them were paying their owners bigger returns. The Department of Commerce reported that dividend payments in May were up 14% over 1948; for the half-year, added the New York Stock Exchange, the Big Board companies had paid out 11.2% more than in the 1948 period...
Leaves of absence for assistant professors will be granted next fall for the first time since the war, Provost Buck announced yesterday. Greater freedom for professional advancement on the part of assistant professors through reading, writing, research, or travel is the purpose of the half-year sabbaticals, he stated...
Under the new policy, an assistant professor may once within his tenure apply for a half-year sabbatical, with full salary. Leaves will occur during the second or third year of an assistant professor's term. In no cases will leaves be granted in the final fifth year of a tenure, and only in exceptional cases in the first and fourth years, Buck explained...