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...shortage, principally in the 10-20 series, sent overflow crowds of students to many upper-level Biology courses. Biology 166, for example, received over 200 applications for 30 available places...
...educated professionals, they are drawn to the area by good jobs, good schools, and the prospects of the good life - sailing on Puget Sound, skiing in the high Cascades, hiking in the Olympic ranges. But the cherished countryside is disappearing, being swallowed up by grim housing developments whose sewers overflow with every heavy rain, scarred by highways that are often choked with cars, and blotched by grey industrial "parks." This is one toll of urbanization, and the price is being paid by prosperous cities across the U.S. Unlike most other cities, however, Seattle is doing something about the mess mainly...
...which links New York-Newark with both Washington and Boston, guarantees passengers a seat even if they show up at the last minute. When passengers fill one of the jet planes to capacity, Eastern simply rolls out a second-section backup craft-usually a propjet Electra-to handle any overflow. The shuttle drew 3,200,000 passengers in 1968. But Eastern last week advised the Federal Aviation Administration that "the life of this service is now at stake...
...enroll in your course, then secure a room capable of holding two-thirds that quantity. Don't attempt to substitute guesswork for arithmetic here, as a larger room will make students feel too important, and a smaller one may drive them away. At the first meeting, inform your overflow crowd that it will be possible to admit only a small fraction thereof; then ask each applicant to submit a brief autobiography plus a 25-word statement on the subject "Why I'm anxious to take this course...
...close of the meeting last night, Brewster said, "We will reconsider the question of the optional residence of transfers in residential colleges, if it can be done without overcrowding existing facilities." He also promised to reconsider housing freshman women in Wright Hall, presently used for overflow freshmen housing Brewster had Warned that requiring women to live in predominantly male dorms could cause recruitment difficulties...