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...entitled "Innovation in Teaching and Education," Bok outlines the proposals which would be considered under the program of grants for educational experiments that was cited in his remarks to the Faculty. The grants are intended to defray the costs of developing new courses or "new modes of instruction," to offset lost compensation for teaching time sacrificed in developing new programs, and to subsidize experiments in the development of graduate students as teachers. In eight months, there has been no further word on the projects to be funded. In fact the process for evaluating proposals has never been clearly defined...
Both relays--the 440 and mile--appear to be tossups, although Harvard has posted the better sprint time, and Yale the better mile clocking. The Bulldogs have strength in the hurdles, and with Dewey Hickmar doubtful, are a threat to take 1-2. The Crimson will have to offset this point accumulation in the 100 and 220, where captain Bud Wilson, Austin O'Conner, and Baylee Reid must score. "The sprints" McCurdy said, "will be pivotal...
...opera was the sets. Most ranged from dull to ugly. Surely something more can be done than simply using two screens for a backdrop. The best staging was of the Commendatore's return and the Don's descent into hell. Costuming was colorful and functional, but could not offset the drab backgrounds...
...Adams House free meal pool, which covers all non-undergraduates affiliated with the House, has survived since February entirely on voluntary contributions by the staff and associates. In a notice posted for the tutors, William Liller '49, Master of Adams House, expressed the hope that future contributions would offset the cost to tutors of meals eaten in the dining hall between now and the end of the year...
...member of the infamous Michigan State University project in Vietnam from 1955-1957, I participated in that attempt to create an anti-communist regime in the South. By 1957 it was already clear that the Diem Government was moving towards a police state to offset its declining popularity, and that the massive presence of the U.S. was undermining Diem's legitimacy and encouraging his authoritarian tendencies. That was 15 years, 5 governments and how many dead and maimed Vietnamese ago? Everything we have done over the past 15 years has contributed to destroying the integrity, the rationality and the will...