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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...back in 1902, President Eliot surveyed the overcrowded library in Gore Hall and "doubted whether it be wise for a University to undertake to store books by the millions when only a small proportion of the material stored can be in active use." He suggested that dead books could be stored in a much more compact manner in separate quarters. Naturally every professor was horrified by the thought that a book in his department could be considered "dead," so the idea was dropped for 40 years...

Author: By David L. Ratner, | Title: CIRCLING THE SQUARE | 10/27/1949 | See Source »

More immediate proposals will be forthcoming, according to Hornig, on such matters as the use of plus and minus in grading and the returning of final exams

Author: By Robert E. Herzstein, | Title: Council Group Plans to 'Personalize' Education | 10/27/1949 | See Source »

Most of the Department's activity so far has been in the form of seminars for policemen, lawyers, doctors, and newspapermen. These conferences here and away have introduced or increased the use of legal medicine in 12 other states...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: Legal Medicine Probes Deaths, Gets Results | 10/27/1949 | See Source »

Because legal medicine is a new field, Ford and his five assistants want plenty of case material for use in their campaign to spread legal medicine across the country...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: Legal Medicine Probes Deaths, Gets Results | 10/27/1949 | See Source »

...More important than greater consumption will be the rise in the use of services," Slichter concluded. "Medical services will be used far more . . . the proportion of people completing high school and spending some time in college will rise . . . travel will grow in popularity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Slichter Says Cold War Aids Economy; Sees Bright 1980 | 10/27/1949 | See Source »

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