Word: surveys
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...other upper level course is Natural Sciences 115, "Cosmography," to be taught by Harlow Shapley, Paine Professor of Practical Astronomy. The course is "A survey of the cosmos in light of current scientific knowledge...
...General Education." There are 37 G.E. courses listed in the present catalogue. The Council report goes on to say that "There is a clear indication... that the basic aims of G.E. are not getting across to the students and that G.E. courses are not so obviously distinguishable from survey courses...
...trying to predict a student's success, says the survey, "the wealth and prestige of his college are the best guide of all." The men who went to Harvard, Yale -or Princeton have ended up with a median income of $7,365. After them, the graduates run slowly downhill...
...survey by the NewYork Times showed that Roman Catholic education in the U.S. had reached an alltime high in 1952: about 4,000,000 students (a 35% increase in ten years) were enrolled in more than 11,500 schools and colleges, and some $130 million was being spent to increase the school plant. Estimated enrollment...
...elect himself to Northern Pacific's board of directors, and began making his presence felt. Simon insisted that Northern Pacific's haphazard way of handling its oil leases be improved, got the board to hire Dallas' famed geologist E. De Golyer (TIME, March 24) to survey the railroad's oil lands, and brought in Standard Oil Co. of California's former assistant vice president LeRoy Hines as a new Nipper officer in charge of oil. When Nipper's stockholders hold their annual meeting next fortnight, Simon is expected to shoot off more fireworks...