Word: percents
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Dean's Office fears that national political groups of which it disapproves will use the Harvard name as a shield for their activities. Thus The New Student, a magazine published by the Harvard Youth for Democracy, was denied Harvard recognition in January, 1948, on the grounds that 70 percent of its contributions and two-thirds of its circulation came from outside Harvard. This action was taken despite the fact that the magazine was edited entirely by Harvard students. It is unfair to imply that the Faculty Committee on Student Activities refused to recognize the magazine because of its political views...
This determination has also led to other limitations on student freedom than those imposed by the New Student decision. At least in part to prevent outside groups from using Harvard as a front, recognized groups must be composed 100 percent of University members and they must be completely autonomous of any outside groups with which they may be affiliated...
Dropping from 11,757 students in the University last year to the present total of 11,105, Harvard follows closely the five to ten percent decline in the larger public institutions, including all Ivy League schools. However, when the small schools are considered, the nation's college and universities show a 2.3 percent increase over enrollment figures...
This increase does not come in freshman classes which show a 7.8 percent decline from last year in the national scene as well as 16.7 percent decrease at Harvard. Because of the large number of college graduates during the recent years, when a great number of veterans returned to school, the graduate schools have had to bear the brunt of the increase...
Perhaps the most striking figure in the decrease of Harvard enrollment is the number of veterans now at the University. In 1948, 7,131 veterans were enrolled. Their present representation is only 5,342 which shows a drop of 28.1 percent in a year...