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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...entire plan, under discussion among the college's administrative officers for over a year, will attempt to solve the chronic problem of closer student-faculty relations at a large university...
...dubious re-evaluations. If a landlord wishes to get an abatement on his assessment in Boston, he applies to the City Assessor's office and pays the fee demanded. Whether or not the abatement is granted, that fee is attached to the property owner's assessment from that year on; the money apparently goes directly to the Board of Assessors each year. That's one sources of excess intake in the Assessment Division. But, there is a further explicitly illegal way that the Assessors make money. By paying the price demanded, an owner could have his valuation cut down; even...
...thing promises Hynes and McDonough a chance against Curley. This year, 405,000 voters registered--the highest registration in the city's history. Traditionally, such a fact would suggest the downfall of a machine; as has been previously mentioned, however, Curley's organization is not the listless machine thet preys on a low vote; rather it is a personal machine that is a vigorous as its leader. And Curley seems to have plenty of vitality left...
Before the war Princeton had three consecutive years of "100 percent bicker" (bicker is the Princeton term for rushing). In last year's bicker, clubs accepted between 80 and 85 per cent of the junior and senior classes. Freshmen and sophomores are ineligible...
...when Henry Lee Higginson founded the Boston Symphony Orchestra, he stipulated that several concerts each year must be played in Cambridge for the benefit of the Harvard community. Tuesday night marked the beginning of this year's Cambridge season, and that part of the Harvard community lucky enough to get into Sanders Theater was certainly benefited immeasurably...