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Longer College Year at Yale?

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Secretary Anson P. Stokes, of Yale, in his annual report, favors adding a week to the college year, as he claims that the men do not work long enough in comparison to their vacations. Counting Sundays and cuts, the vacations total 186 1-2 days, and the work-days only 178 1-2, while in Yale's earlier history the vacations amounted to only eight weeks. The plan Mr. Stokes advocates is to add the extra week at the beginning of the year.

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