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...School, computers are being used to supplement lectures and give students an opportunity to work out legal problems on their own. The Computer Aid Instruction Program, the first and only program of its kind in the country, allows the students to test their legal skills on problem sets in areas ranging from corporate law to income tax on the two Langdell Library computers reserved for the project...
Such economic disparity leads some to call for increased governmental support for the arts, to supplement the important financial contributions already being made by individuals, foundations and corporations. In the U.S., federal, state and local aid does not compare with artistic subsidies in most European countries. The separation of arts and state has had one beneficial side effect, though: because American orchestras are rarely very far from the brink, they are forced to make their product appeal to as wide an audience as possible. On the other hand, fiscal constraints often force conservatism in choice of repertory, with unfamiliar...
While at Harvard, Short was most deeply involved in writing and photography at The Crimson. He served as photo chairman and supplement editor, and in 1970, he received the Dana Reed Prize for best undergraduate writing for a gripping personal account of the 1969 Weatherman riots in Chicago. [Excepts of the prize-winning article are printed below...
Fogg officials last month chose the admissions option over others, including raising money and expanding the museum bookstore. Rotner said that the Fogg may still begin a new fundraising drive to supplement the admissions charge, but ruled out a bookstore as a major source of additional income...
...schools that receive state funds on the basis of pupil attendance. Says Chicago Truant Officer Walter Bryant: "If we raise a district's attendance by nine students a day, we can pay for the machine in less than a year." Bryant believes that the computers can only supplement, not replace, regular truant officers. Officials still must track down children who outsmart the machines by giving out phony home phone numbers or answering the phone themselves...