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...result of widespread losses of money from House dances, the Student Council committee recently appointed to investigate the matter, in the report approved by the Council, recommended that an Inter-House Dance Committee be set up to offer advice on bands, prepare reports on Boston orchestra agents, select dates for dances, and examine all contracts...
Fortnight ago, Tom Hennings was suddenly transferred to Pearl Harbor, some 6,000 miles away. Over the rum swizzles in San Juan's bars went rummy gossip. In Washington, testy Secretary of Interior Harold Ickes, who arranged the transfer, said: "A man has as much right to select his own naval aide as he does to select his own wife." Governor Tugwell, in Washington also last week...
...Select Advisers...
...solution presented was to select a man in each House and Freshman Hall to advise first-year men on this problem. "He should have at his fingertips the information revelant to the Freshman, to the various study programs and what they lead to. With this specific material on hand and the advice of a tutor or proctor, the Freshman would be much more secure in his decision and would not tend to sign up blindly for one of the service enlistment programs...
...This is the Rorschach test which contributes to the formulation of personality traits. Lists of words are read to the man, and he repeats the first thing that comes into his head. Finally, several pictures are given him, and he writes a little story on several which he may select. Under the direction of Miss Savage, Dr. Wells' assistant, the usual aptitude tests are made. Either under Miss Savage's eye, or Dr. Wells' supervision, the student takes specially-cut pieces of wood, and forms them into a rectangular solid. These are the so-called "Harvard Test Blocks" which test...