Word: quota
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...experts who had foretold the blossoming of the cherry trees, frowned at the news from the West. They did not need to be told that where there is dust there is drought. The records of the Weather Bureau already showed it. The Pacific Coast and Far West had their quota of moisture. So had the States bordering the Mississippi from Iowa southward. But the vast belt that lay between was, for the most part, a parched aftermath of the 1934 drought (TIME...
...addition to the quota for Kirkland House members and their guests, a limited number of dance tickets have for the first time been made available in the other Houses. Tickets are $5 per couple and $3 stag...
...student who was unsettled as to what field of concentration he should choose could go to the representatives of the various departments to discover the requirements, context of courses, and methods of approach to subject matter. This function would be of material assistance in working out the recently instituted quota plan for Freshmen. The constant changes in concentration, which are so numerous at present in the Junior and Sophomore classes and so detrimental both to students and departments, would be largely eliminated if the students really know what they were choosing...
First of all, applications to within 80 per cent of the quota limit will be accepted. Secondly, all applications above this limit will receive individual attention from the Committee, and individuals, hesitating between two or more fields, may be guided into the one of these fields where the demand is less...
Since the number of men in the three upper-classes vary, some slight adjustments may be necessitated in the actual quota, figures. The figures released yesterday are: Anthropology 36 Astronomy 15 Biochemical Sciences 165 Biology 90 Chemistry 130 Classics 35 Economics 355 Engineering Sciences 200 English 360 Fine Arts 75 Geological Sciences 55 German 40 Government 200 History 260 History and Literature 140 Literature 35 Mathematics 105 Music 24 Philosophy 40 Psychology 60 Physics 60 Romance Languages 155 Semitic Languages 2 Slavic 3 Sociology 30 Total...