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Five hundred fifty-two incoming freshmen applied for advanced placement in one or more subjects this year, compared with 540 last year and 530 in 1960. Of the 552, 480 were given advanced placement--28 more than last year...
...number of freshmen applying for advanced placement has remained virtually constant for the second straight year, according to figures released yesterday by Edward T. Wilcox, director of advanced standing...
...figures on sophomore standing, the story was much the same. One hundred thirty-four students--exactly the same number as last year--were eligible for sophomore standing this Fall, having passed the necessary three advanced placement exams. Of these, 101 decided to begin college as sophomores, a drop of two from last year...
Join, Join, Join. No sooner had each boy been hit with his first-term bill ($1,307.50) than he was deluged with requests to rent sheets and refrigerators, teach slum kids and visit mental hospitals. There were endless tests, physical and placement, pep talks from coaches and proctors, two presidential teas, and tryouts for everything from the Crimson to the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra. There were endless forms to fill out, and endless appeals...
Lady on Horseback. One of Ceezee's basic interests in life is riding. Every morning when the Guests are in Manhattan, she drives up to White Plains to take lessons from Coach Gordon Wright on the details of ringmanship-feet, hands, and placement for the jumps. From time to time throughout the year, the Guests spend a few days at Middleburg. Va.. where they have a small cottage on the estate of a Phiops cousin. There Ceezee and Jacqueline Kennedy have known each other on the hunting field for years (though Ceezee knew Jack Kennedy slightly when...