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The Harvard freshmen had a disappointing weekend. Entering the regatta as heavy favorites, the first freshman boat won their heat by a hefty six seconds but lost by 1.9 seconds in the finals to a strong Northeastern boat. They appeared to have suffered from the loss of one of their...
The student in question was put on probation after he tripped over a chair, picked it up, and took it to an open window, and dropped it out.
The incident involves "a more general inequity problem with probation," Washburn continued. "There are two parts to this thing. First, the person involved in an activity himself suffers an infinitely more severe penalty than an ordinary student. Second, in most of these actions other people suffer needlessly."
"The boy's adviser argued the case before the Ad Board. He strongly recommended the probation be delayed," Washburn said.
The Faculty Council put in writing on April 12 the Ad Board's power to allow students to continue participating in an activity during probation. Previously the Ad Board reserved the right to make exceptions to Faculty rules and had used that power to permit students to remain involved in...