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S.472 would help equalize educational opportunities in all the states by unequal expenditures of $300 million in federal funds. New York, which spends the most on education, would get only $5 for every schoolkid; Mississippi, which spends the least, would get $28.50. Objective: a $50-a-year minimum outlay for the education of every U.S. child. Such controversial issues as segregation and aid to parochial schools were bypassed by a provision allowing each state "home rule" on use of federal funds...
...executive statement hailing this early recruiting and planning for the rally, Mendy Weisgal 2G, Emmanuel Margelis 1G, and William D. Brown '46 called it "urgent that all individuals and groups who support our minimum program help plan 'Save the Peace Week' at the meeting in Phillips Brooks House this afternoon at 4 o'clock...
...Yale game was a similar story. Because of the injured players, Harvard has to introduce Al key and Fred Gwynne as ringers and neither had ever played previously. Injuries were held down to a minimum, but the battered Harvard team, no matter how hard they fought, were no match for the heavier Yale squad, fresh from the States. And finally on Sunday there was a repetition at the hands of the B.A.A., with Harvard losing her last two games by the same score...
...begins with the anniversary of Franklin Roosevelt's death, as appropriate for campus "Save the Peace" demonstrations. While joining in the national movement, the Harvard group in an executive statement last night disclaimed official connection, stressing their desire to keep membership open to all students willing to underwrite the minimum platform quoted above...
Upperclassmen can look forward to fewer midterm grades and a minimum of seating lists next fall, thanks to a Faculty vote Tuesday revoking two 1943 rulings and returning to pre-war regulations...