Word: short
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...seminar experiment, coupled with the present policy of releasing sophomore standing entrants from Gen Ed A and the newly instituted trial of intensive, short-span composition instruction, is indicative of a new approach to the problem of teaching freshman to write...
Although some wealthy donors have contributed substantially, the total number of large gifts has fallen far short of precedents established in comparable drives at other institutions...
Wesleyan uses the same general plan of attack as the Crimson, with short passing, good control, and careful shooting. In summation, as varsity coach Bruce Munro said yesterday, the Cardinals play "a good brand of soccer...
...concerts presented by the HRO this year also will differ from the patterns of previous years. "We hope to present short programs of music of more than common interest and less than common knowledge," Senturia states. For example, in Friday's concert, the Orchestra will present Stravinsky's "Symphonies of Wind Instruments," "a particularly uncompromising piece," Senturia's own arrangement for strings of Bach's six-part Ricercar, from "The Musical Offering," plus the Beethoven concerto...
...Administration has not yet decided whether or not it should poll students on the desirability of "deconverting" the seven original Houses. "Deconversion," for those who have short memories, means the reduction of House suites to numbers approximating those of the thirties. It also means higher rooms rents and the loss of a roommate...