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High Percentage

This surprisingly
high completion percentage,
contends Mr. Elwood, is likely
a result of the "higher real
value" which the Transition
student places on education as
compared to the "status value"
which the normal entering
student places upon it.

The program, which runs
from June through August and
has a limit of about 40-50
students, is composed of about
50 per cent black and 50 per
cent white students. The
students work from 8-12 every

morning, then have math for
11/2 hours, then Logic and
English writing for 3/4's of an
hour each. On Wednesday
afternoons, the students must
take a science course of their
choice—either Physics,
Astronomy or Chemistry.