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...principal arguments advanced against student waiting are: that it would benefit at best only five percent of the undergraduate body, while affecting the daily routine of the whole; waited upon by their fellow students, men would hesitate to complain of poor service, and to linger at the end of a meal; that between the two extremes: a government-financed institution, where low tuition attracts mediocre students, and one where every man pays full tuition himself, some line must be drawn, and that since Harvard gives more scholarships than any other institution, has a larger proportion of men not able...
...least two years abroad "exploring the minds and strange conduct of the very different peoples who make our planet so much unalike." The editor cites the fact that the number of men from the Harvard class of 1932 who intend to enroll in the graduate schools is ten percent greater than that of the class of 1926 who remained for post-graduate study. If as many as possible of these men would devote their time and money to travel with a serious purpose, the argument runs, America would enjoy the same beneficial results which manifest themselves in the English...
...Stanford University, where 60% of the men and 20% of the women work. Depression this year decreased student earnings by one-third. Fifteen percent of the Stanford student body paid tuition this year with notes instead of cash. Recently the university community raised $1,200 to provide employment for students, chiefly on improvements to the grounds...
...Freshmen won well-deserved praise last Fall for pledging, ninety percent strong, not to participate in rioting and to discourage riots. Spring has come, and with Spring murmurs and whispers have been running through the Freshman Class...
...report on the trend of undergraduate grades during the present year. Confirming a general opinion that the scholastic average has been much higher than last year, the present proof that in comparison with midyear grades last year, the number of men who presented unsatisfactory reports has decreased by three percent of the College enrollment. The general average is extended evenly through all classes, and presents a strong contrast to the reports of the last three years, during which the proportion of unsatisfactory grades fluctuated very little...