Word: quota
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Secretary Hobby and the President promptly approved) a national advisory committee on the vaccine, headed by Dr. Keefer. The committee will gather data from the states on their needs, then recommend allocations. Within each state there will have to be a similar committee to divide up the assigned quota, notably between charity and private use. There will be no rigid compulsory controls; compliance was hopefully left on a voluntary basis...
Although Edward J. Corsi has demonstrated that the immigration program is a "failure," the Administration listens hopefully to the promises of Secretary Dulles and Scott McLeod that we shall fill our quotas. By this time, however, few people remain so naive as not to realize that the present national origins quota is discriminatory. The McCarran Act or even the Refugee Relief Act could hardly be called welcome mats...
Kenneth S. Lynn, chairman of the board of tutors in History and Literature, hailed the proposed changes, saying "History and Literature cannot be an ostrich with its head in the sand. It is terribly unrealistic for us to go on with a quota set nearly 25 years...
...present quota is too severe, putting undue emphasis on freshman mid-year grades," he continued. "Those grades are not indicative of a student's intellectual potential." He said that he expected the new quota to relieve some of the grade pressure for prospective concentrators. He also saw some likelihood of a gradual increase in the number of concentrators in the future...
There is a possibility that the quota will increase still further in future years. Another proposal before the Faculty's May meeting would allow the Committee on History and Literature and the Committee on Educational Policy to fix the limit each year without specific Faculty approval...