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English and American Literature and Languages had the largest increase, from 65 to 100, a change which Head Tutor Elizabeth McKinsey attributed to a department decision earlier this year "to remove almost all of our special course requirements." She speculated that the shift also came from "a growing number of students who are not making their concentration decision on preprofessional grounds as they did a few years...
...largest "elite" concentrations, Social Studies and History and Literature-- at 83 and 86--stayed at about the same level as last year, reflecting the departments' stated objectives not to grow any larger than they had by the end of last year, after several years of relaxed entrance requirements...
Louisiana State University has received a $125 million gift, said to be the largest ever made to an educational institution, from C B Pennington, an 83-year-old oil executive. The New York Times reported last week...
Cambridgeport was a major industrial area before 1950, but rising land prices and a new superhighway planned through the area forced many firms to relocate. The largest of these was the Simplex Wire and Cable Co.; which left 25 acres vacant...
...March 9 student-faculty forum, jointly sponsored by the Third World Coalition and the faculty, drew over 350 students, with one of the largest complaints concerning the structure of the school's curriculum. Yesterday the issue was one traditionally near to law students' hearts grades...