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...region of the U.S. It also put him right behind the Hearst and Scripps-Howard chains, with an empire of 13 newspapers (total circ. 3,576,320) worth an estimated $70 million. The News was sold by its five trustees, heirs of the late Publisher Victor Henry Hanson, who, over 36 years, built the News (daily circ. 180,215, Sunday circ. 219,804) into one of the most prosperous U.S. dailies. The deal was started more than a year ago by Newspaper Broker Allen Kander (whose commission was around $500,000) and signed one afternoon in a Birmingham hotel room...
...Hanson urged all departments to "make clear how much we differ form the CEEB book" and also to conform to these standards whenever possible. He cautioned, however, "not to compromise our standards when we think we are right...
...Hanson told a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences that the College must "come to terms" with College Entrance Examination Board standards for freshman courses. In May, 1956, the CEEB will begin testing all secondary school students seeking advanced placement in CEEB member colleges...
...Every time we find it necessary to differ with the public syllabus for these courses, we confuse the problem for the secondary schools," Hanson said. Five of Harvard's departments have accepted the examinations and standards of the CEEB, but four have special requirements for omitting elementary courses...
...Hanson reported that approximately 100 entering students have qualified for advanced placement this fall, and tow have entered directly as sophomores. Five students came directly from 11th grade into this year's freshman class...