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...vein. At that time the eight presidents of the so called Ivy League also surveyed the undergraduate sporting scene and were as distressed as Stokes by what they saw. Professionalism, commercialism, and over-emphasis were terms used to describe the surge of "big-time" athletics they felt was sweeping post-war America...
Military authorities argue that if ROTC credits are cut, the number of applications would fall off drastically and the quality of students entering the units might also decline. But this need not be the case. The post-war swell in the number of ROTC men came with the mounting fears caused by the Korean hostilities. Although the danger is by no means over, there is no longer the sense of urgency that characterized the first two years of the 'fifties, when it seemed a case of join the ROTC or be drafted out of College. Students who join...
Meric Fainsod, professor of Government and member of the Russian Research Center, was equally pessimistic about the Berlin conference. "Essentially the position has been fixed," Fainsod explained; the Soviet Union seems determined to maintain its post-war gains, particularly its hold on East Germany, without serious thought of a general settlement of European problems...
Putnam points out that purchase of common stocks increased during and immediately after depression days, in the hope of stepping up the rate of the return. During the inflationary war and post-war days, the common stock trend kept up. Harvard's common stocks made up 12.4 percent of the endowment fund at market value in 1932, 34.7 percent in 1941, and 49.1 percent in 1952. At book value, which is the initial cost to the fund for purchase, common stock made up 37 percent-and the largest single part-of the fund...
Reischaner, who was born in Japan and received his early education there, has gained wide prominence as a Far Eastern expert. He helped plan the post-war occupation of Japan, and later participated in the formulation of the Japanese peace treaty...