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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Each House should have a new officer to be called the Dean of the House, and the present office of Senior Tutor should be eliminated...
...arguments for decentralizing the Dean's Office in the manner here proposed are two-fold. First, it would eliminate most of the serious defects . . . which arise from the present Assistant Dean system and the concentration of responsibility for 4300 students in University Hall. Second, it should add significantly to the importance of the Houses and thus contribute to the achievement of the unique kind of Harvard education this report envisages...
...committee has considered various alternatives to the present system, but has been unable to find any which would not be open to more serious objections than the present one. . . . The present Freshman advising system (should, therefore) be continued with several changes...
...used intelligently, this doctrine of "the greatest possible freedom" can help solve the present entertainment problem. There is a pressing need; the Houses are losing whatever social attraction they might once have possessed, and students with dates are being shunted off to bars and restaurants around the Square, where the price of entertainment is high...
...lost diamond mine is not outstanding, the African landscape and its macabre inhabitants have turned a pedestrian adventure plot into a fast moving film. Fortunately, the producers seem to be aware of the plot's shortcomings, and it is safe to say that there are more animals present than words of dialogue...