Word: present
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...translators' problem will come later, Pfeiffer continued. At present the great task is to unroll the manuscript without destroying it. The job has been turned over to Rutherford J. Gettens, the Museum's Chief of Technical Research, who is an expert on antiquities and their preservation...
Although the present number of students in the University exceeds the 1941 total by 65 percent, figures show a 5.7 percent decrease in enrollment since last year. The decline follows the trend indicated in a recent New York Times survey...
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...
...decrease in total Harvard enrollment, however, is so great that even its graduate schools show a decline. 6,310 students were enrolled in Harvard graduate schools in 1948, while the present enrollment is 5,962. This almost doubles the 3,689 total...
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...