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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Social Relations, which now has only one-third of a percent less concentrators than Economics, has made the largest percentage gain in concentrators since 1947, showing an increase of over three per cent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Government Tops Economics As Favorite Field for Study | 11/14/1949 | See Source »

...smoothness, and education in particular is not rolling in gold. We are warned by college presidents that if the tax payer doesn't help, private educational institutions will go down. We receive heart-rending pleas for money from conscientious people who want to help war-torn people and home-less children whose homes we have helped to destroy, and in the same mail requests for gifts to the Harvard Fund to keep the University going. Then Harvard bows, pushes a $10,000 chair under our bottom and says, "Pray, make yourself comfortable...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sever Seats Alarm | 11/14/1949 | See Source »

...think that this two-week layoff has been a blissful, practice-filled hiatus for Henry Lamar. The Yardlings have probably seen less action during this period than at any other time of the year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '53 Seeks Third Win Today Against Best Brown Freshman Football Team in Years | 11/12/1949 | See Source »

Saltonstall pointed out that a lawyer is better able to interpret statutes, and through his practice has a broader range of experience than other people. The lawyer gains the confidence of the less educated people, too, he continued...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Law Training Valuable in Politics, Saltonstall Advises Future Attorneys | 11/12/1949 | See Source »

...card which came out on Tuesday of that week had Harvard favored by seven points. The subscriber could either pick Harvard to win by more than that or Holy Cross to loose by less. In case of a tie, the rackets collected. As it turned out the score was 22-14 and the gamblers missed by just one point. However other upsets such as the Teunessee-North Carolina game and the Purdue-Minnesota game enabled the card issuers to make a handsome profit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Football Pools Invade Fertile BU Territory | 11/10/1949 | See Source »

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