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...Harvard Undergraduate Council voted itself out of existence at 9:11 p. m. yesterday. Seven of the sixteen members were present; three voted by proxy...
...sure I see why we should try to do anything about that. We can just admit that the B.A. doesn't really say much about a person except that he has spent a certain amount of time here. If we did not change the sixteen-course graduate requirement-there would be no necessity for doing so-the degree would then also signify a certain number of courses taken. We do not really need to certify more than that, and in fact we do not now. A "major" has no professional importance anyway; only a graduate degree does. If the Harvard...
...realize that, in line with these suggestions, one could go further. Logically, perhaps one should. That is where my own hesitations on the "how far can we go" matter come in. Why not scuttle the sixteen-course requirement as well and leave every man's education up to him? I have doubts about how well that would work out. Ideally, we should omit the four years too, and the whole community revert to the Greek university, a community for inquiry where a person stays as long as he deems needful. But that kind of university also should not grant degrees...
...part, the Rev. Hanson pressed forward his campaign and launched a formal complaint with the Board of Directors of School Administrative District 44, which has jurisdiction over Telstar High. The Board voted sixteen to one to appoint an investigating committee. The sole dissenter, Richard Davis, based his vote on his blanket opposition to all kinds of censorship, adding that he had read the material in question and found it "in line with the literature being published today...
...lower than that of painters. as dictated by union contract. The fact of the matter is, however, that these mer do exactly the same work as painters, but continue to be paid less money, essentially because they are black. Some of these "helpers" have been here as long as sixteen months, and only one has been promoted to painter status...