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Show to A DESERET NEWS, Thuridoy, MARMADUKE by Anderson & Lceming May 20, 1971 Fed Up With Wigh School WASHINGTON - n .They are the high school sophomores and juniors who are ahead of themselves scholastically, They are highly -motivated students ready for early entrance to college. Dr. Robert S. Long, president of Shimer College, Mount Carroll, HI., said in an inters view that the estimate on tiie for number of candidates early entrance comes from the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education. The same "the commission said length of time spent on undereducation graduate collc-g-e can be reduced roughly by without sacrificing educational quality." CAREFUL SELECTION Dr. Long knows from experience that the Carnegie Commission is right on both points. Th2 college he heads has for the last 20 years praccareticed early admission fully selecting hi&n school and stiphomores juniors through tests and interviews. one-four- ,"We get the student while he is still highly motivated and before he turns epical educaabout how tion is and how repetitive, Dr. Long said. time-wastin- g 4 percent finish years the bachelors in two years. "It can be done cutting time out of high school, cutting time out of college underwithout graduate year Dr. Long sacrificing quality, said. Its "me for more schools to start moving In this direction. and binding up the economy. Dole was interviewed on the NBC-TToday show. ; What about a 15 c 16 year old, high school age, mixing with collegemen and women. Is the younger student mature socially developed enough, enough to mix with the older students who come to Shimer after 12 years of regular school? "All that, been said about the younger child being a misfit adds up to myth, Dr. Long said. We select mature students for early admission and they survive. This is not a thing that can be determined by chronological age or a thing one can generalize about. (UPI) National ChairRepublican man Robert J. Dole conceded Wednesday President Nixons popularity with the voters was "in a little slump now, but chances he said his would improve steadily as the 1972 election year moved closer. He said Nixon would "take off In public popularity as he was "winding down the war ... Too Soon ? By PATRICIA McCORMACK NEW YORK (UPI) Right special now, eggheads art on the verge of being fed up with high school. Nixon 'Slump1 Only Brief, Dole Claims Dole said the Vietnam war would not be a negative Issue against Nixon in 1972 and said, he did not believe American voters generally "are concerned about a residual force that would be left In Vietnam after most troops were withdrawn. He said reducing casualties to a low, low rate was the prime concern of the public. Rep. Paul N. 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