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...more intensive work in term time enable such students to cover four years' college work in two and a half years or three? How serious would be the sacrifice of some of the imponderables of college life involved in any increase in the tempo? What can be done to shorten professional education with out great damage to the quality of the training...
...reservists. There would be a dangerous wait after an emergency developed before the military could prepare an adequate force to meet it. Only inducting veterans--as was done when the Korean War broke out--or using green troops, shipped to the danger area fresh out of the reserve, could shorten the delay...
...Countries. Truck traffic over the Alps now takes a road full of steep grades and blocked seven to eight months out of twelve by snow. An alternative all-year route along the Mediterranean is shunned by truckers as hilly and hairpinnish. For tourists, the new tunnel will shorten the present Paris-Rome trip by 85 miles and many low-geared climbing hours...
This would not be acceleration which would merely shorten and compress the existing course program; it would probably involve many changes in the course setup itself. The idea of a three-year curriculum actually dates back to President Eliot...
...equipment. The committee sent its bill to the House, which is expected to pass it this week without amendment, but the Senate may not act upon the measure until late September. Members of the potent Senate Finance Committee have already said that they will cut the income-tax increase, shorten the length of time for which increases will be retroactive, and insist that the Government trim at least $5 billion of fat out of its nonwar expenditures, in order to make the budget balance even with the smaller tax yield...