Word: majoring
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...with unmitigated horror that I read the article on Wellesley in December 16's CRIMSON: It is compelling evidence, not that Wellesley has a place in education today, as the article purported to prove, but rather that Wellesley and schools like it are a major part of the female problem. In particular I was bothered by the justification that at Wellesley...
...when new sophomores enter the Houses and the Mather tower opens, general overcrowding at Harvard should be eased considerably. Radcliffe, however, would not have relief for their overcrowding, even with the opening of Currier House next fall, since the South House dorms will be closed for renovations. A second major logistics problem might come from the mass transfer of Cliffies to Mather if no men move to Radcliffe. Substantial transfer of girls would undoubtedly relieve present overcrowding at Radcliffe, perhaps to an excessive degree, in which case men would be needed who were willing to live in the Radcliffe dorms...
...girl can major in a field she enjoys but could never excel in or spend time sampling many different fields without having to waste her time fulfilling useless requirements. In this age of increasingly necessary specialization a women's college may remain the only place where a true liberal arts education can survive. Perhaps the noncareer oriented woman is the only person who can afford to be well-rounded...
...major points of controversy are OBU's influence on a 20 per cent minimum of non-white workers on all Harvard construction sites and the demand that painters' helpers be given equal pay with journeymen painters. The University has called the hiring demand discriminatory and out of proportion to the 9.3 per cent non-white population listed for Boston and Cambridge in the 1960 census...
...impasse between black students and the University is the OBU demand that Harvard agree to employ twenty per cent black and "Third World" workers on all University construction sites. The Administration has balked at this demand, but the two major arguments with which they have justified their opposition are insufficient...