Word: putnams
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...pages. Putnam...
...called it a "peculiar institution"; it was designed solely for the post-secondary education of women. In the 1920s the colleges banded together as the Seven Sisters, partly to present a united front for fund raising. Elaine Kendall (Mt. Holyoke '49) sees all of them as Peculiar Institutions (Putnam, $8.95). Her "informal history" of the Seven, both affectionate and critical, scans their strange beginnings, early growth and difficult future...
University Treasurer George Putnam, Jr. '49 said yesterday that the rise of more than $100 million for the period ending March 30 came primarily because of the continued rise in the stock market and the overall recovery of the national economy...
...Putnam predicted that if the current trend continues the University could finish off the year at a level higher than $1.4 billion...
...Putnam said the two political conventions this year could temporarily hurt trading, "but presidential elections usually improve the stock market so I am very hopeful...