Word: risings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...compare the life of the average undergraduate today with 40 years ago, I think that he spends a larger part of the total day on studies and does a much better job. (Incidentally, census figures show a very large rise in the percentage of students on the labor market.) He is less interested in the spectacular sports and participates to a greater degree in sports. He is much more interested in the visual arts and, certainly as compared to the thirties' much less interested in politics. On the whole, I would say he makes better use of his time than...
...Newsletter, Bender questioned the meaningfulness of the statistics. "Are the measures we use for prediction, particularly College Board scores, drifting slightly so that a 650 score today is not as 'good' as a 650 four years ago? Or are the faculty raising their standard for grades, or failing to rise to the challenge of an abler student body?" he asked...
...commenting was Von Stade, who said, "We have very little knowledge about what motivates a student to do well." Citing the Asian Flu epidemic last fall as one "minor" reason for the drop, he commented that "perhaps the remarkable thing is not last year's drop, but the consistent rise for five years before that...
...easy that the boom gets out of hand and brings another puff of inflation. Although both Anderson and the F R B cooperate closely to try to keep the economy stable, they necessarily work at cross-purposes. If the F R B eases credit enough to stop the interest rise, it makes Anderson's job easier. But if this happens, it makes its own job of controlling inflation harder...
...Mistress (Japanese). The rise of a fallen woman is quietly, shrewdly observed by Director Shiro Toyoda in one of the best films to come out of Japan...