Word: overcrowdedness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week, at 42, Oppy thought he had found the retreat he was looking for. He resigned his California professorships to become director of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, N.J. Said he: "At a time when universities are so overcrowded and overwhelmed, I feel an institute that can...
Hindered by the overcrowded facilities which are becoming the normal state of affairs in the teaching of the sciences, the Chemistry Department has nevertheless managed to weather the war years and is gradually reaffirming its former reputation as one of the top departments in the University.
The appropriations are part of the University's policy to get the overcrowded Houses "as livable as possible as quickly as possible," said the Provost, and are a part of the same program that is sponsoring 35 new tennis courts to cope with the current shortage of playing surfaces.
Actual construction work will begin during the spring and summer where the supply of materials and the nature of the individual projects permit. The $42,000 program is the first of its kind to be instituted by the University, Provost Buck disclosed, and is aimed at insuring the livability of...
In Shanghai, prices are out of sight; dollars must be exchanged into Chinese at 1 to 12,000 (less 3% Government Bank commission), and unspent Chinese dollars cannot be changed back. Manila is still a rubble heap. Hong Kong is nearer normal than any Far Eastern city. Prices are well...