Word: various
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...suicide and it is improper to give one's own explanation for absolutely certain. It is also improper to try to win some political capital out of this tragic event. It would be far better to be silent and pitiful. But when I hear the Western radio giving its various explanations, I must tell you what is the opinion of many Czechs...
...received little more than a grunt and a signature from his academic guardian. But even more apparent is the fact that advising cannot be abandoned. The majority of undergraduates needs the stimulation and guidance which good advisors can, and in a few cases do, give. Granting the difficulty various departments face in finding men capable enough to carry out an ideal program, insufficient attention has been given to the appointment and reappointment of advisors. The departments are obligated to their students to see that the part of tuition accruing to advisors is wisely spent. This obligation requires a more detailed...
...responsibility of the various departments is clear enough. The whole system of advising must be brought into line with the new flourishing General Education program. This means more carefully selected advisors, more frequent required conferences with advisees, together with a closer departmental check on the entire program. There can be no place for inefficiency. A Harvard education, dollars-and-conts wise, is more dearly bought today than every before. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences cannot afford to let a loosely-run advisory program cost the undergraduate a substantial share of his education as well...
...this time, the story had reached the Washington gossip-go-round and various letters-to-the-editor pages of papers in New York and Chicago-and the figure cited as that which Roper had given to Luce who had given it back to Roper who in turn gave it back to Luce who finally was alleged to have buried it in FORTUNE'S "secret" files...
...series of talks by professors in various fields, sponsored by the Union Committee, has been running this week to help Freshmen decide which area of study they will enter...