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...departure from usual junior and senior high divisions. Until last September, the school also handled the seventh and eighth grades, but enrollment reached over 1700 in a building which should not have held more than 1400. Scarsdale voted to erect a junior high school which was completed for use this year. The new multi-million dollar building includes sixth, as well as seventh and eighth graders, thus also easing the squeeze in the elementary. The four-year high school has today approximately the same enrollment as did the six-year school five years ago, an indication that enrollment has jumped...
Instead, a matter on which few had any difficulty in finally reaching an agreement--details as to the uses of Memorial Church--was argued, because this was the only matter that could be directly brought into the open. Whether there will be any clear tests of other issues seems doubtful, and the fact that the President is considerably more interested in religion than perhaps a majority of the other members of the University may not really become a subject for debate. The people who oppose his stand are not going to deny him the right to a personal opinion...
...April the Corporation acted on Lowell's recommendations and voted to use the Union as a freshman dining hall when the Yardlings eventually moved to the Yard, and later that spring names for the rest of the new Houses were voted on by the Corporation...
...room, equipped with a phonograph and record collection for the use of House members, contains a portrait of Kennard, who died while serving in the Navy. His parents provided for the furnishing of the room and donated Kennard's record collection to the House...
...participants the degree of support generally accorded the Harvard Fund. About 20,000 alumni give annually to the Fund. One explanation of the hesitancy of many alumni to contribute at this time is the uncertainty among businessmen due to the impact of the recession. The controversy over the use of Memorial Church was seen as essentially an "intramural squabble," having no effect on potential contributors...