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Since the sanctity of Harvard's dining hall luxury is second only to the privilege of hooting at a U.T. grade B, it was to be expected that the new cash and carry rationing plan would call forth a proportional amount of complaints and counter-suggestions. On one point, however, there is no disagreement. With food costs up twenty per cent over last year and the dining halls on the slides toward a $40,000 deficit for the current year, drastic changes are necessary. Either revenues must be increased or costs must be reduced. At a time when the University...
...such grind as the old College Boards, the new tests measure two qualities: scholastic aptitude (skill in reading, problem-solving, etc.) and "general achievement" (a short-answer test of knowledge in certain fields). Advantages: both can be taken in a single day and they are easy to grade...
These virtues have not earned Director Wood, now 58, an Academy award; neither have his pictures. But if a Hollywood executive were confronted with the dread fact of having to turn out at one try a Grade-A, sure-fire hit, he would almost inevitably turn to the tall, dignified, soft-spoken man who has been quietly making excellent pictures* for the last 26 years...
This year mid-year grades will not be mailed to the upperclassmen and dropped Freshmen. Instead, grade slips will be made out for these students, who can call for them at the Information Desk, 4 University Hall, about two weeks after the opening of the second half year...
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., now on active duty with the Navy, was promoted from ensign to lieutenant, junior grade...