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...when we as a nation must request some form of universal national service from all our young men and women . . ." To clear the way for general inductions at 18, the top policy body of New York's public school system recommended that high schools pack their standard four-year courses into three. Suggested expedients: wider use of summer classes and, "in some instances," heavier study loads during regular semesters...
Such a speedup, the New York regents pointed out, would make it possible for many a student to squeeze in at least a year of college before induction. The regents were not asking New York schools to adopt their suggestion until Washington settles on an over-all national service plan. But when Washington does, the regents thought, accelerated high-school courses would become "a patriotic duty...
...Washington, Federal Security Administrator Oscar L. Ewing aired an idea of his own that might lengthen high-school courses. Ewing's proposal: to give basic military training as part of the curriculum, even though it might mean an extra year in high school.What would be needed after that, Ewing thought, was a Government agency to sift the graduates, determine "how many, and who, will be assigned to military service, to college training, and to industry...
Ever since 1937, when St. John's College at Annapolis made education history by basing its curriculum on the Great Books, it has been getting occasional inquiries from women who wanted to enroll. Last week, after years of saying no, St. John's changed its policy. Next fall, announced the Board of Visitors and Governors, the college hopes to have 50 freshmen coeds -the first in St. John's 254-year history...
...floors. In overcrowded towns, they analyzed population trends, decided just how much more space each school district would need to take care of its students properly. In the town of Soquel, for instance, they found that the elementary-school population had risen more than 16% in a single year, that the school had tried to make room for 282 more pupils than it should, and that it had only half the desirable amount of playground space. In Los Altos, the Stanford group recommended a $1,185,408 building program-a recommendation complete down to the last bicycle rack and incinerator...