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From a sociological standpoint, other contrasts between Harvard and the University of Massachusetts become strikingly evident. Some 68 per cent of the fathers of students currently attending UMass never attended college; only 15.9 per cent of the fathers of Harvard '62 did not go to college. Over 42 per cent of UMass students's fathers work at "blue collar" jobs, but for Harvard the figure is only 8.2 per cent. Shannon McCune, Provost of the University of Massachusetts, estimates that fully 80 per cent of his students are lower- to middle-middle class...
...Angeles, with eight bowling centers in a 3½-mile radius, has been faced with bowling price wars. But the national average is still one lane for every 1,900 people, and bowling proprietors feel that one lane per 1,500 population is a safe ratio from the standpoint of profits...
...homes. Those. 44 million families own 56 million cars, 50 million TV sets. He did not cite these statistics to boast of material wealth, said Nixon. "But what these statistics do dramatically demonstrate is this: that the United States, the world's largest capitalist country, has from the standpoint of distribution of wealth come closest to the ideal of prosperity for all in a classless society...
Probably the best solution, from the standpoint of efficiency and in the interests of gracious living, would be a staff of professional waitresses. Radcliffe has no money for such an extravagance, but there is an alternate solution--a system under which all students would pay a slightly higher price for room and board. Girls in need of extra money might wait on tables for a small but reasonable salary. Consequently, the system would create a new area of student employment, in which several girls could make a substantial sum of money each year. The program would also free those...
...Yale contests, which are played on a nine-match basis for the Eastern League and on a fifteen-match basis for Big Three purposes. Last year's Yale match, although the Crimson won the more important Eastern League match by 6-3, was an even split from the Eli standpoint, as they took the Big Three title, 8 to 7. In addition to Schwartzman and Smith, seniors Laurie Pratt and Jim Cameron--currently seven and eight--figure to play in the Big Three matches, although all the rankings may well be changed by test matches to be played...