Word: supportive
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Former doubts of the committee about the legality of the program are now gone. Under the Displaced Persons Law passed by the Eightieth Congress, however, the incoming students must be assured of financial support. And since the law provides that a DP cannot be supported entirely by charity, the NSA must arrange part time jobs as well as aid from students and college funds...
...plans for the drive were drawn up under the direction of Alfred M. Godloe '50, assisted by Allen E. Kline '50 and Barry Decker '51. NSA committees in the member colleges, after they have assured financial support for new students, will ask the presidents of their respective colleges to sign "assurances" that the students will be admitted...
...first step, though only a half-step, was taken in 1935 when, with Roosevelt's support, several theater trade unions were able to get Congress to grant a charter to the American National Theater and Academy. This meant that ANTA had the same charter-status as the Red Cross and the Smithsonian, and like them, no federal funds. Once a year, ANTA has put on a benefit show in New York, the proceeds of which have gone to the New York Experimental Theater...
David Graham '52, of Mower Hall and Providence, R.I., has been elected president of the Freshman Athletic Council, council adviser Bob Ross announced yesterday. Graham, who becomes an ex-officio member of the Union committee, received the support of a majority of the council's seven members to win the honor. He is a graduate of Moses Brown School...
...bond market was turning perversely bullish. Ordinarily, rising bond prices have preceded bull markets (as bond prices go up and their interest yield declines, common stocks grow more attractive). Last week, with stocks falling, long-term Treasury bonds, which set the bond market trend, rose above their Federal Reserve support-price for the first time since July...