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Under the leadership of Victor Manusevitch, a first violinist with the Boston Symphony, whose energy and perseverance has been largely responsible for the formation of the Orchestra, the musicians successfully combined an amateur enthusiasm with a very high level of competence...
...College admission requirements may have some influence, good or bad, on the secondary schools, but the Admissions Committee doubts that Harvard's requirements can be a proper or effective lever for high school reform," Bender stated...
...Dean pointed out the "extraordinarily rapid increase" in the ability of entering students, despite the lack of overall improved academic performance. With large numbers of high-quality rate applicants, the "academic center of gravity of the class has been raised" since most of the bottom quarter has been eliminated. The Class of '62 is "the ablest ever," he commented...
Hanson Robbins sailed his 12-foot Tech Dingy to high scoring honors, while Bill Saltonstall skippered the other Crimson boat. Trailing B.U. (87 points) were Harvard (81), Brown (81), M.I.T. (78), Bowdoin (63), Yale (51), and Tufts...
...high-scorer Tom Munnell, two Freshman boats sailed away with first place in a seven-school regatta at M.I.T. Saturday. Once again, the crews had to contend with the light airs and unstable conditions that often prevail on the Charles...