Word: higher
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...question of how Harvard is to face the problems of a vastly increased demand for higher education in the coming decades is one of increasing interest and concern. The following is the first of two statements, received by the CRIMSON from members of the Faculty, discussing the problem. This statement, reprinted in its entirety, was written by Seymour E. Harris '20, Chairman of the Department of Economics; the second, to appear tomorrow, is that of Wilbur J. Bender '27, Director of Admissions...
...received by New York University. In determining the amounts given to the various colleges, the Foundation said that it "did not attempt to compare the caliber of these many different colleges, their general excellence or reputation. This variety is a healthy aspect of our entire system of higher education...
Acknowledging the donation, President Pusey praised it as "a handsome gift indeed. The special intent--to improve faculty salaries--is unreservedly praise-worthy. We and all the institutions helped can be grateful for this splendid, imaginative effort to strengthen higher education in America at a moment when new enormous demands are about to be made upon...
STOCK-SPLITTING WAVE is rolling higher. Montgomery Ward proposes a 2-for-1 of its 6,502,378 shares (now selling around $100), will also boost its quarterly dividend from 75? to $1 on present shares, and hand out a year-end extra of $1.25. Other splits last week: Federated Department Stores (Boston's Filene's, Manhattan's Bloomingdale's, etc.), which will split 3,598,067 common shares 2-for-1; Phillips-Jones Corp. (shirts, men's wear), which wants to split 263,805 shares...
...that Phog likes to lose, but it was pure pleasure for him to watch the biggest freshman of them all, Wilton Chamberlain (7 ft. 2 in., 230 Ibs.), dunk in 42 points all by himself. In 39 years of talking tall young men into coming to Kansas for their higher education, Phog Allen has never recruited a more promising student of basketball than "Wilt the Stilt...