Word: upperclass
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...impossible to remove this emphasis on specialization in the departmental concentration programs, principally because of the importance of graduate students in undergraduate teaching. Assigning non-Honors tutorial to the General Education Committee is the first step in making someone responsible for non-departmental education, beyond mere distribution, at the upperclass level. It is encouraging that Harvard is again coming to recognize that the non-specialist deserves not only tutorial, but a full-fledged education...
...those who accepted advanced standing, only ten elected to reside in the Houses. Several of them spent last year abroad as exchange students, and, therefore, wanted to move right into the upperclass living quarters...
...Upperclass voluntary contributions to the Student Council have increased by 500 per cent and total donations have doubled over last year's sum, according to the latest figures available...
Work will continue on the commons building, housing the dining room and recreation areas, and on the separate library building. Indications are that the dining room will be completed in time for upperclass registration on Friday and that the library will be ready several weeks later...
...infringe on student individuality, and the undergraduates themselves were not uniformly anxious to commit their College life to the House idea. As the months rolled on, however, one House after another was completed, and the Class of '34 became the first (in history) to spend all three of its upperclass years as members of a House system that quickly gained student respect...