Word: presents
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...problems. Ever-rising costs make the commuter a necessity, but the thirty years since the Houses were established have amply demonstrated that the non-resident easily becomes separated from the College: it is regrettable that the Administration has been willing to accept this and simply try to improve the present situation rather than completely replacing...
...resident membership which would be a real gain for commuters. The space opened could be used for expansion or deconversion, but commuters could be brought in without increasing crowding. In fact, the money which would otherwise be spent for a commuter center could be devoted to enlarging the present dining halls or building adjoining smaller rooms, and few other alterations would be needed: lockers would be installed, and a suite might be set aside for overnight use of commuters, but present use of the Dudley facilities suggests that not even the libraries would need to be expanded...
Most of those questioned agreed that "some, though certainly not all" students in their first year are not being sufficiently challenged by the formal curriculum, and it was added that the present freshman advising system is "no help" in this respect...
...other, and it would seem more indefinite approach, is widely talked of in terms of "a more directed course than is taken under the present system" and "regularly scheduled, close work with a faculty member...
...worst features of the present "needs" test, Toepfer remarked, is that it can penalize the thrifty. If a family scrimps and sacrifices to save money for the children's education, it may show less "need" for assistance than the family which spends most of its available income on a better house or automobile...