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P: The University of Wisconsin gave out the week's oddest statistic on the changing physique of the American male student. In 1926 the university's dormitories for men had only standard 6 1/2-ft. beds. Today, because of student demand, 96 out of 1,400 beds are seven-footers. If things go on as they are, added Wisconsin, future rooms will just have to be made bigger to accommodate the bigger beds. P: For those worried about the nation's much publicized classroom shortage, the American School and University had some cheering news: last year the U.S. spent a record $3,028,000,000 on school construction--a jump of $175 million over 1954. P: Reporting on British industry's annual hunt for fresh university graduates, a writer in the London Times described the effect it is having on the mores of the new alumnus. Example: "One physicist I know has spent every weekend since he came down from the university voyaging up and down the country in first-class compartments to interviews, lodging at four-star hotels, dining with directors and drinking more than is good for him. He has no intention of taking any of the posts he is offered, since he is very well placed already, thank you. But these weekly outings have become a hobby with him. He is learning to live graciously off other people's profit tax."

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