Word: present
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...eight Masters are cooperating in the creation of Quincy," Bullitt emphasized. "The Eighth House is an extension of the present system, and within its tradition. No upperclassmen who applies to Quincy and fails to gain admission will be penalized in his own House...
...Creating a new House is an adventurous undertaking," Bullitt continued. "We want active students to participate in building a House worthy of the other seven. We are not interested in people trying to escape from their present House. Quincy will admit only students who accept it on its own merits, not as an escape," he added...
Quincy will open this fall with about 230 students, 150 sophomores (present freshmen) and 80 juniors and seniors. Although the sophomores will outnumber the two classes, Bullitt emphasized the importance of the latter...
...years, the tone of Quincy will be set by those upperclassmen who are willing to uproot themselves from their present Houses and actively participate in the creation of a new House," he said...
...present, Mrs. Alford is a special student at Harvard. She is studying sociology, with particular emphasis on the theory of communications...