Word: numbered
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Since it is difficult to estimate accurately the rate of attrition, the Committee would prefer to have too few rather than too many acceptances. The new policy allows more leeway in getting the correct number in the Freshman class...
Fifty-one candidates have been admitted on the condition that they commute for at least part of the year. This is only about half as many as the number accepted under similar stipulation last year. Some students who live nearby have also been asked to live at home, but are not under obligation...
...start of the race was staggered to compensate for a turn in the course, and the Crimson shell, in the outside lane was given a lead of a few seats. The varsity race had to be restarted when on the first attempt the Eli number seven man caught a crab within the first 30 seconds. On the start that followed, Princeton made up its handicap even though the Crimson pulled out at the fantastically high stroke of 48 for the first 15 strokes...
...Pennsylvania boat, which was slightly ahead of the Crimson for the first mile, finished the race with only seven oarsmen. Having less than half a mile to go, the number six man blacked out, caught a crab, and was thrown out of the boat...
Crespin attributed the large number of MGH volunteers who drop out of the program to "uninteresting" assignments in Supply and similar departments. "After all, Harvard students are human beings, not angels," he said...