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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...stressed that this pressure was present regardless of the ability of the student. "As a consequence," he noted, "the school officials are often occupied with trying to find colleges with admission standards low enough to admit the bottom quarter of the class...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Conant Advocates Junior Colleges | 10/30/1958 | See Source »

...unfortunate that the Council is largely composed of members who lose sight of their constituency as soon as they are elected, and whose main object is to use Council membership to push personal political endeavors. Decisions are altogether too often made on a personal basis or by aligning with a political bloc...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "...I AM RATHER DISTURBED..." | 10/30/1958 | See Source »

This year's Massachusetts election boils down to a contest between two Democrats, both of whom are assured of reelection. Senator John F. Kennedy '40 has often commented "I am not running against Foster Furcolo;" however...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Democratic State in a Democratic Year It's Kennedy vs. Furcolo in Massachusetts | 10/29/1958 | See Source »

...clubs, at the most, have official buildings. The other groups consist of alumni who meet for dinner about once a month, often with speakers from Cambridge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Funds Supply Regional Scholarship Aid | 10/29/1958 | See Source »

After the dead were buried (the explosion itself performed this ceremony for some of the victims in No. 4, which was later sealed off) and the widows were comforted, many persons in the town muttered of dissatisfaction with life in Springhill, where no matter how often you took a bath you never could get yourself really clean. No one was ever going to get rich in Springhill, they knew that, and the work didn't seem the safest in the world. Mostly the young people talked of leaving first, of going up to Ontario where they could work...

Author: By Gavin Scott, | Title: They Can Take It | 10/28/1958 | See Source »

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