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...Berkeley's campus. California does its best to break up, and to personalize, the courses. At U.C.L.A., one professor of history props up a seating chart of his 150 students next to his shaving mirror until he commits it to memory. But the university recognizes its limitations. Says popular Chemistry Professor Joel Hildebrand: "The big institution must be content to be a place of opportunity rather than a place of compulsion. It is no place for a student of unformed character and uncertain purpose. [But] the presence of the mob need not seriously interfere with the education...
...popular journal of science, the new magazine was soon tops in its field. Its reputation was so well established in Thomas Edison's day that he gave its editor the first demonstration of his talking machine. But in recent years, Scientific American had been outdistanced by livelier rivals. Last week, with its circulation down to 40,000 (from a 93,660 peak), it came...
Skilled as they are in letter-perfect footwork, the Band knows the score musically as well. Bandsmen proudly explain that "Wintergreen," their most popular number, has more to it than meets the ear and is actually a blending of 2 Harvard, 2 Yale, 1 Dartmouth, and 1 Princeton songs, all mixed in with "Of Thee I Sing" and then wafted up the aisles of the Stadium. The semicircle formation used to offset the alphabetical parade down the field is an original idea and "Wintergreen" when first heard was considered a daring innovation. People weren't sure whether concert-type arrangements...
...Harvard beats Boston University today, chances are that the victory will he at least partly due to the efforts of a willing group of athletes who have spent the better part of the past week hitting each other around. Contrary to popular opinion, this is not the greatest fun in the world, but according to 'Harold Kopp, who supervises the mayhem, it is absolutely necessary. As the Varsity line coach, Hal has the job of molding this group of eager but largely inexperienced athletes into a forward wall capable of holding its own in Ivy League competition...
Relative income from other sports is interesting. Basketball "earned a little money for the first time in 15 years" last winter because of the popular double-headers scheduled in the Boston Garden in conjunction with such colleges as B.C. and Holy Cross. Hockey seems to be on its way up, although Yale and Dartmouth teams still overshadow the Crimson, the Elis having the use of a rink daily and Dartmouth having natural too while all Boston teams struggle to share what little artificial ice there is. Wrestling, attracted crowds last winter which bordered on Indoor Building basketball turnouts. Bingham attributed...