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...World War II babies grows up, marries and moves in. Buyers and renters need shed few tears for the builders, who continue to earn a pretax return of 30% to 40% on invested capital. "The smart builder is still making a good profit," says Washington, D.C., Housing Consultant Robinson Newcomb: "It's only getting a little harder to become a millionaire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: State of Business: The Tenant Gets a Break | 8/31/1962 | See Source »

...normally continue to change throughout the college years--while less intelligent students have reached stable adult-hood by the time they enter college. Certainly, too, changes toward a more liberal flexible view of the world are part of normal healthy maturation away from the inflexibility of youth. Theodore M. Newcomb observed such growing liberalism at Bennington, and related it to the faculty's liberal values; a CRIMSON study of Harvard political and religious values showed a similar trend; the same movement is clear in the studies Jacob summarized. The similarity might argue that these diverse colleges are all the tools...

Author: By Stephen F., | Title: FROM THE ARMCHAIR | 2/16/1962 | See Source »

...Sophie Newcomb ..................New Orleans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: A SAMPLER OF 50 COLLEGES | 12/5/1960 | See Source »

High Scenery. Many of the small colleges boast magnificent surroundings. Colorado is in the shadow of Pikes Peak. Washington State's Whitman (fine pre-med training) thrives near wheat fields and ski slopes. Other "unknown" colleges are in lively U.S. cities: New Orleans' Sophie Newcomb is the women's branch of Tulane University; and Washington. D.C.'s Trinity is a topflight Roman Catholic girls' school that emphasizes science and languages, including Russian and Chinese. New York City's Wagner College has a double feature: a hilltop rural campus on Staten Island with a sweeping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Little Known | 12/5/1960 | See Source »

ANNE PENNOYER NEWCOMB Gainesville...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 24, 1960 | 10/24/1960 | See Source »

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