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...coming from students. The Harvard Under-Policy Committee, the two organs of student "government" at the College, made important proposals--and had them accepted (a major change in parietals came from the HUC, and the HPC asked that students be allowed to take a free fifth course on a pass-fail basis; this is still in the works). When Phillips Brooks House Association indicated it was in financial trouble, Monro, as head of the Faculty committee for PBHA, helped shape a proposal for aid from the Faculty of Art sand Sciences. Undoubtedly, he also helped convince Dean Ford to accept...
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...changes take place at the Medical School, or any other areas of the University, will be lasting in effect. For example, in the College this year, the Harvard Policy Committee proposed that all students be allowed to take a free fifth course and have it graded only on a "pass-fail" basis. The Committee for Educational Policy has accepted this concept, added some details of its own, and now will put it before the full Faculty. If the proposal is passed, it will probably mean a significant increase in the academic workload of many students in the College. Likewise...
...proposal, that students be allowed to take one of their regular four courses pass-fail, was drafted by Martin Slate '67, HPC representative from Winthrop House, Bruce W. Chalmers, Master of Winthrop House, and Standish H. Meacham, Allston Burr Senior Tutor in Winthrop House...
...option to take one out of the four courses pass-fail would leave students more time to do independent work or go out for extra-curricular activities, they claim. And, though they admit some students would take advantage of" the option, they feel that most would honestly benefit from...