Enrollment Drop Hits RPI Freshman Class
Officials at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute report 820 freshmen enrolled from a projected 930, a 12 percent fall amid financial aid and job-market concerns. Admissions director David C. Heacock notes strong applicant quality and similar trends across private schools, with 3,600 applications and 2,500 offers.
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N.Y
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
RPI
David C. Heacock
MIT
Corneil
Heacock
District of Columbia
Canada
School of Architecture
Social Sciences
Management
Albany Medical College
Urban expert speaks at Hoosac School
Dr Nathan Wright Jr urban affairs professor from State University at Albany will lecture at Hoosac School Hoosick NY on Friday Sept 24. The talk titled Lets Face Racism A Challenge for a Younger America will be at 8 p.m in Lowenfish Auditorium. Wright recently returned from India after visiting Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and has eight books on education religion urban affairs and race. Visitors are invited.
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Hoosick
N.Y
Nathan Wright Jr
Wright
the State University At Albany
America
India
Indira Gandhi
Lowenfish Auditorium
New England Coalition on Nukes Sets Saturday Meeting
Brattleboro. The New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution Inc. will hold its first annual membership meeting on Saturday September 25 at St Michael s Episcopal Church on Putney Road. A social hour at 1 30 p m will follow.
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Brattleboro
New England Coalition On Nuclear Pollution Inc
Vernon
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
Putney Road
Hilltop 4-H Club Meets At Shaftsbury Elementary
The Hilltop Girls 4-H Club will meet Saturday at 11 a.m. in the multi purpose room of Shaftsbury Elementary School. All girls 9 years old and over are invited. Officers will be elected. Kimberly Borden, a delegate to Eastern State Exposition, reports. Susie McDonald and Jennifer Ryan discuss 4-H Day experiences. Mrs. Jeffrey Clawson teaches sewing. Blanche Center mentors first year members. The Rev A J MacDonald and family share recent travels. Public Power speaker Dr. Joseph W Kane from UMass Amherst will present. The Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station licensing hearings resume Oct 12 with eight intervenors. New members may join at the annual meeting. The public is invited.
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Shaftsbury Elementary School
Kimberly Borden
Susie McDonald
Jennifer Ryan
Eastern States
Jeffrey Clawson
Blanche Center
Joseph W. Kane
University of Massachusetts In Amherst
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Vermont Yankee
Green Mountain Music Club Formed in Manchester Vermont
A Manchester group formed the Green Mountain Music Club with Mrs. Doris E. Laurence as president and officers installed by Dr. Merle Montgomery of the National Federation of Music Clubs. The club is the first Vermont Federated club and aims to foster musical education and high standards nationwide.
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Manchester
Green Mountain Music Club
Merle Montgomery
National Federation of Music Clubs
Montgomery
Myrtle M. Mehan
Dorset
Mont
Gomery
New England
Northeast
Beulah Johnson
Harriet Sission
Vermont
America
Pheasants to be released in area by club meeting
The Pioneer Fish and Game Club of Hoosick announced from St. Stanislaus Hall that the Rensselaer County Conservation Alliance will supply several pheasants for October release. Birds will be banded and the club urges returning bands from birds taken in the season. A state trout survey of Otter Creek yielded no report. Oct 18 meeting aims to boost attendance and renew club interest.
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Hoosick
St. Stanislaus Hall
Mechanic Street
Rensselaer County Conservation Alliance
Otter Creek
St. Stanislaws Hall
Snowmobile Races Draw Large Crowd in Hoosick Falls
About 2,000 spectators attended the Hoosick Sno- Riders event at Haynes Field along River Road. A 660 foot track hosted 15 races with a total purse of 1100 dollars. Proceeds earmarked for the Hoosick Rescue Squad and USS Olympic Fund. winners included Tim Thompson of Pittsfield and Ed Neilson of Ghent among Jr classes, with Powder Puff and stock class victors named.
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N.Y
Hoosick Sno- Riders
Haynes Field
River Road
Route 22
Town of
Tim Thompson
Pittsfield
Mass
Bonnie Rhodes
Pownal
Ed Leahy
Glens Falls
Wesley Coon
Ghent
Doug Travers
Rhinebeck
Re Registration Drive for CCD Classes at Our Lady of Lourdes
North Pownal families urged to re register in grade one through eight for CCD at Our Lady of Lourdes. Grade two meets Sept 25 at 9 a.m. at Pownal Elementary. Auction at Pownal United Methodist last week raised over 1700 with praise for volunteers. Snowmobile racing results list several winners in modified and open classes with Arctic Cat models notable.
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Our Lady of Lourdes Church
North Pownal
St. Francis Parish
Bennington
Pownal Elementary School
Pownal Center
Pownal United Methodist Church
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