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...winter's competition had ended, Ulen took Norris aside--in the much the same way he had taken Franny Powers aside in 1941 just before Powers went on to win the national intercollegiate 220 title. Ulen worked on Norris until the term ended and then let his protege taper off over the summer...
...Expansion is not contemplated," he added, "and fall registration figures will tell if the demand is beginning to taper off." Although there are 125 applications for the fall and at present only approximately 80 vacancies this ratio is not too alarming in view of the fact that last year an initial demand of 1200 dropped to 100 by December...
Dean Hanford predicted yesterday that the policy of the Faculty Committee on War Service credit, of which he is chairman, would become less strict as the peak enrollments of the next two terms taper off. One of the present policy's chief objectives is to make it possible to admit a maximum number of new veterans during this critical period...
...peacetime rate. But it was only a question of time till cotton buyers and speculators who had spread themselves too thin realized that the comparatively small U.S. carryover from this year (7,500,000 bales) would nevertheless be ample, and that textile mills were bound to taper buying. That time came last week, with a rush...
...Engineering, declared that undergraduates now concentrating in Engineering Sciences should indicate on their study cards courses they wish to take during the fall term and whether they are listed in the catalogue or not. The Engineering Faculty will offer undergraduate courses according to the demand in order to "taper off" the effects of the departmental shift, he said...