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Under a plan just endorsed by the University's Faculty Committee on Courses of Study, students would be able to receive ungraded credit for an unlimited number of courses taken, without charge, beyond the normal course load...
McLoone, senior Jim Smith, junior Bob Stempson, and captain Jim Baker (with an injured ankle) will be expected to carry the load for Harvard. They will have to place in the top fifteen for the Crimson to win. And, just as important, Dick Howe, Joe Ryan, and Frank Sullo-way will have to score displacement points for Harvard by breaking up the opposition's secondary from 15th to around 20th place...
...terms are modest. It would do nothing to change the number of graded courses needed for graduation; it would apply the pass-fail principle only to work done beyond the normal course load. This means the proposal cannot possibly be interpreted as offering people a chance to get away with less work. In fact, it is just what it advertises itself to be: an encouragement to flexibility in an otherwise specialized, competitive college program...
Beyond this simple innovation, of course, there are some exciting educational possibilities, such as introducing pass-fail grading into the four-course load, or abolishing grades entirely. These possibilities deserve more discussion, and the discussion will benefit from a trial run of the HPC plan...
Just as a falcon reaches its prey, it cocks a fist and lashes out; then it rolls over, "binds" to the stunned bird with its talons, and gives the coup de grace with its razor-sharp beak. If it is perfectly trained, and the load is not too heavy, it will carry the kill back to its master like a retriever...