Word: higher
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Speaking at a forum on the cost of higher education, held at Kirkland House, Monro ventured a guess that, "There will be another tuition increase at Harvard in a couple of years, then another, then another, so that within ten years, the figure could reach $2000." He felt that this figure was reasonable, and was within the reach of many students...
...year on CBS The Danny Thomas Show has benefited from a better time slot (Mon. 9 p.m., E.S.T.) and higher exposure (93 more stations than it had on ABC). But more important in Danny's rise from Nielsen's nowhere is that CBS's Danny has quit striving for gags that were foreign to its situations or strained for premises to justify its jokes. Says Thomas: "Comedy just for comedy's sake is barking up the wrong cliche. Comedy has to come out of the situation to have any staying power...
Beginning a "major effort to encourage and support higher education in business," the Ford Foundation last week announced a grant of $1,100,000 to Harvard's famed Graduate School of Business Administration, and a jackpot of $1,375,000 to the University of Chicago's relatively little-known, expansion-bound School of Business. Harvard will use the money to expand its doctoral program; Chicago will divide $1,000,000 between two endowed professorships, spend the rest on fellowships, faculty grants...
...Neither were food stores, drug and cigarette makers, many of whom reported record first-quarter profits (see Earnings). The U.S. consumer's personal income had dropped hardly at all. The annual rate of $341.4 billion in March was down only $300 million from February and was $1.2 billion higher than last year. But consumers were cautious. Retail sales of $15.4 billion for the month of March were down, though only 1% v. a 4% drop the month before...
HELP FOR RAILS is expected from higher mail rates. Eastern lines demand 70% boost, which would stoke up revenues by $82 million a year, plus retroactive payments of $145 million. Post office has offered 15% raise that would bring rails about $17.5 million yearly. ICC will hand down decision this summer...