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There is, however, a third, self-interested, and less debatable, reason for taking the morale problem seriously. The graduate students of today will be the professors and the department chairmen of tomorrow on whom we and our successors will depend to supply us with our "input" of talented students and to consume our "output" of certified scholars. Because of this they are an absolutely vital potential resource, and we cannot afford to neglect them...
Mary I. Bunting, president of Radcliffe, feels that this increased interaction between students and administration is a good thing. "We want all the input from students, as well as residents and employees, that we can have before we make decisions," she said last week...
...being in a kind of experimental stage. Its exact role remains uncertain in the administration's view. But Debbie Batts and RUS do not share this cautious attitude. They feel that students should have a voice in all areas of college government. They want to be part of the "input," and part of the decision-making as well. They want more openness and candor, not tokenism and condescension, from the administration, say RUS members...
...building stands foursquare in the open to be judged. And for all the expertise bandied about, most architecture relies basically on a massive input of common sense. A good building, like a good suit, is made of fine materials well cut and well joined. The result must cost no more than the client agreed to pay. It must fit his requirements?and at its best, the requirements of the neighborhood, the city, the culture. The buildings on the accompanying color pages point up the qualities that good building must possess...
...Heinz horseradish, pickles, and ketchup. From that beginning, Heinz eventually established a thriving British company, ended up selling its 57 varieties in 150 nations. The company sold so well, in fact, that it pushed British per-capita annual consumption of baked beans to 11.5 Ibs. -twice the U.S. input. Foreign sales increased steadily, until earnings from abroad represented as much as 85% of the company's total. While Heinz prospered abroad, it no longer seemed to pay much attention to a U.S. food market that was more stable, more varied and more lucrative. Gookin changed all that...