Word: reporter
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Soon after the publication of Goddard's 1919 report, rocket enthusiasts began to clot together in little societies. The science of celestial mechanics (motions of the planets) had been highly developed by the astronomers. The astronauts took it over, added some features of their own. Long before World War II, when no rocket had flown above buzzard altitude, they drew charts of imaginary voyages to Mars or Venus that match almost exactly those drawn today...
Europe itself is the subject most painstakingly studied. Field trips-to Rome for art and architecture, to Berlin for political science-fill in the outlines of classroom lectures. Three-day weekends during the summer and fall allow long freelance forays. "There was." according to one report, "a definite trend to Lederhosen" Wrote Friedrich W. Strothmann, head of Stanford's modern languages department and, with General Studies Chairman Robert A. Walker, originator of the Landgut Burg school: the students typically "hop on a motorcycle Thursday afternoon and come back Sunday from Venice and Salzburg after having seen a Mozart opera...
...somewhat exaggerated, but retailers from coast to coast are solidly optimistic about their prospects. In household furniture alone, says Paul Brandt, president of the National Association of Furniture Manufacturers, retail sales should top $4.3 billion for a 10% jump ahead of 1958. Boston, Atlanta, Denver. San Francisco retailers already report sales above last year, despite the record Christmas buying...
Only eight of 55 high schools visited by James Bryant Conant, president emeritus, pass his test for a "good comprehensive school." After two years of study financed by a Carnegie Corporation grant, Conant has released "sneak previews" of his report on "The American High School Today," to be published in book form...
...seven men appointed fulfill the prophecy of the Re-Evaluation Report of April 1958, which stated that if the idea of a Master's appointment to the Council from each House were adopted, "The likelihood that students of exceptional, though popularly unrecognized talent will be chosen is high." The high caliber of the appointees in this first year of the policy, coupled with the fact that only one man will be chosen from each House, make the appointment an item of considerable prestige, and thus should insure a quorum of able and disinterested men on the Council each year...