Word: presentments
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...desire of so many people to attend college cannot be denied. And to accommodate these hordes of new students, the University of Massachusetts has embarked upon an impressive expansion program designed to provide facilities for 10,000 students by 1963. At present, 4,852 undergraduates attend UMass along with a smattering of graduate students. The present freshman class of 1,758 would have been larger had additional dormitory space been ready; next year the freshman class may reach...
...that little old history course," Delwood told his electric blanket. "Can't go through Harvard without seeing good old Schlesinger, big name you know." The blanket didn't know. "History 169, that's it." He leafed through the catalogue again, stopping at page 206. "American Intellectual History, 1789 to Present, MWF at 12, great, just great, can't wait to hear li'l Artie." Another notation...
...present, a Negro child wishing to go to a white school must exhaust all possible state administrative channels before appealing to the Federal Courts on the grounds of segregation. If his parents are not determined or wealthy enough to undertake the long administrative and judicial grind necessary for a change, he must accept placement on the basis of "intelligence," "health and morals," or "maintenance. . . of established social and psychological relationships with other pupils and with teachers...
Baseball seasons may come, and baseball seasons may go, but it's extremely doubtful that the faithful will ever be privileged to see another summer quite as wacky as the present...
Master Taylor said the situation will correct itself somehow, but the unplaced students (generally those returning after an absence) might not stay in their present Houses. Adjustments include having some residents of the Boston area live at home, or some advanced standing students return to the Yard, others said...