Word: presents
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Besides increasing in size, the present group of applicants has shown a corresponding gain in mental prowess. The median score of candidates on the mathematical part of the Scholastic Aptitude Test was 655--a gain of 20 points over the record high of the Class of '62. The median on the verbal section rose from...
Since the National Merit Scholarship Corporation will award 300 fewer scholarships than last year, a corresponding decrease in the number of scholarship winners attending the College is expected. Glimp expressed hope, however, that funds will be provided by the College to maintain the present number of students receiving...
...There is no longer any place in the American university tradition for riots," Griswold said. "Every time one happens it weakens the urgent case American higher education is trying to present to the public...
...present synthesis of eating and acting which prevails in many houses means that the student is forced to eat his meals in specially crowded conditions surrounded by unpainted stages and ugly sets. The situation in Lowell House is, I believe, typical. Normally the House dining room can seat 235 people at a time. There ae 448 paying boarders in Lowell so that when one adds to this number the commuters, inter-house students and tutors who also eat in the House the dining room is quite crowded. The dining hall is now blessed with a large wooden stage, numerous sets...
...charge the full cost of the tests to students would seriously damage the program; the average student may pay thirty dollars for his tests under the present program; a charge of a hundred would simply prevent many of them from taking any tests. Because the program is of immense benefit to the colleges, both by reducing pressure on introductory courses and by giving schools a real incentive to offer advanced courses, it seems reasonable that the colleges should pay at least part of the costs...