Word: school
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Ideal secondary school preparation for Harvard would include the following...
...Four or more years of foreign language study. (It is highly desirable to carry at least one language to the point of reasonable mastery, which means normally through four years of secondary school; two years each of two languages is usually unsatisfactory, since rarely can the student use the language after only two years of study...
...more years of laboratory science. (Prospective physical science or engineering concentrators should carry their mathematics as far as possible in secondary school and take both physics and chemistry if possible...
...evident that the time to fight for more scientists is in the early years of college, not at admission time. Instituting mathematics and science requirements beyond what is now termed "the ideal secondary school preparation for Harvard," as has been suggested by some, would only discourage applicants from secondary schools where these subjects are not taught. Until engineering schools lose their appeal as vocational preparation, Harvard will not be able to compete for high school students who "know what they want to do" and have no interest in the liberal arts...
...Premier's appearance at Dillon Field House is now scheduled to last two to three hours. In response to Castro's requests, the Law School Forum has planned on a brief speech, probably not longer than 30 minutes, to be followed by a questioning period...