Report Card

P:Yale and the University of California announced a simultaneous windfall: $1,200,000 apiece from the Atomic Energy Commission, to build the first two linear accelerators ever designed for the acceleration of heavy atomic ions. For Yale, which has long been disturbed by the decline in the number of its science majors (down from 14.2% in 1940 to 10.3% in 1952, as compared with around 25% on comparable campuses), the AEC decision will provide a long-awaited shot in the arm: the great machine will undoubtedly place Yale "in the forefront of nuclear research in the nation."

P:Though far from being strangers to the problem of juvenile delinquency, citizens of New York City last week had reason to lose patience. One day, when rain ruined a school outing, hundreds of pupils swarmed onto subway trains and proceeded to run amok. They terrorized passengers, smashed 237 light bulbs, pulled emergency cords, ripped up seats, pummeled a guard, roughed up a station elevator operator. Snapped Magistrate Charles F. Murphy as he set an exceptional $10.000 bail on one of the ringleaders: "City officials must stop coddling offenders."

P:After questioning 128 colleges and universities, the Northwestern National Life Insurance Co. of Minneapolis announced that this year's graduates should have no worry about getting jobs. Of the 128 campuses, 68 reported the same number of calls from business as in 1953, only 22 said they had fewer, and 38 reported a jump. As for beginning salaries, they were up another $10 to $25 a month--$290 to $340 for liberal-arts graduates, $350 to $400 for engineers.

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