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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...basic difficulty is the same in Social Sciences and Humanities. Now that the initial glamor of General Education has worn off, and with the rising significance of departments in the College, successful professors are increasingly reluctant to spend their time on non-departmental work like General Education...

Author: By Stephen F. Jencks, | Title: General Education: Program Without a Policy; Professional Pressures Replace the Redbook | 11/7/1959 | See Source »

...basement of the art center is "The Caf," a lounge-cafeteria where girls congregate in their spare time. Usually one can see there a Princeton, Yale, or Columbia student who has driven to Sarah Lawrence to spend the afternoon hours. While representatives from these three universities date the Sarah Lawrence girls most often, one occasionally sees some pig-tailed coed sporting a Harvard sweatshirt...

Author: By John C. Grosz, | Title: Sarah Lawrence: Experiment in Individualism | 11/7/1959 | See Source »

...appeal of the new seminar program has induced nine men to spend the year as Freshmen, while four others turned down advanced standing because of distribution requirements. They hesitated to choose a field of concentration "so early in their college careers," according to Byron Stooky, Associate Director of Advanced Standing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Thirteen Decline Advanced Places In Class of 1962 | 11/7/1959 | See Source »

...thirty-nine minutes, he concentrated perfectly. "Gradually," he decided, "I'm developing study habits. In fact, after this exam period, I'll probably spend twelve hours each day reading." Vag spent twenty minutes thinking of all the books he wanted to read, than twenty more trying to remember their authors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: And So It Goes | 11/5/1959 | See Source »

...biggest customers, selected with great care, as if they were being privileged to join an exclusive club. The Morgan Guaranty still deals primarily with big customers, but it hunts them with all the relish of a pointer after quail. Alexander has 70 bright young men, his "bird dogs," who spend all their time hustling up new customers, keep them happy with everything from new or better ways to use their money to getting them theater tickets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BANKING: The Big Banker | 11/2/1959 | See Source »

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