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Word: scholarship (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Distribution: New England 28.6% 38.1% 28.4% 44.4% Middle Atlantic 37.8 28.1 35.9 26.3 Middle West 17.2 16.7 18.9 14.0 Far West 6.3 7.8 6.8 6.0 South 8.9 6.3 8.1 6.0 Foreign and others 1.2 3.0 1.9 3.3 Private Schools 56% 43.3% 63% 50% Public Schools 44% 56.7% 37% 50% Scholarship students 26% 26.9% 28% 24% Number alumni committees...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Two Classes in Brief | 11/22/1952 | See Source »

Both schools drew approximately 3,200 applicants; both wound up with classes of about the same size--Harvard, with 1,150 men, has 19 fewer students than Yale for that class. Scholarship aid went to 26.9 percent of the Harvard class, and to 26 percent of the Yale...

Author: By Ronald P. Kriss, | Title: Yale Admission Office Gets Record Number Of Applicants as Aggressive Policy Pays Off | 11/22/1952 | See Source »

...Committee on Enrollment and Scholarships set up at Yale. First liaison work between administration, alumni. Scholarship program expanded, alumni committees activated, handbook printed, short film made...

Author: By Ronald P. Kriss, | Title: Yale Admission Office Gets Record Number Of Applicants as Aggressive Policy Pays Off | 11/22/1952 | See Source »

...Harvard intensifies admissions program. Stronger alumni cooperation plan pushed, as Schools and Scholarships Committees are remanned. Financial aid program expanded with more scholarship funds, increased student employment. Handbook for alumni released. "Invitation to Harvard" film extensively used...

Author: By Ronald P. Kriss, | Title: Yale Admission Office Gets Record Number Of Applicants as Aggressive Policy Pays Off | 11/22/1952 | See Source »

Poetic-Looking People. By war's end Claire had won a scholarship at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. After school, she took additional lessons in acting from Eileen Thorndike, sister of Dame Sibyl. That veteran teacher said of her: "It is very rarely that you see a born actress, but I think here was a born actress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: She Knew What She Wanted | 11/17/1952 | See Source »

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