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...cost of slightly over $1 million, provided by the Program for Harvard College, the Division of Modern Languages acquired a language center comparable to any in America. "There had been some pressure to tear the building down," Harry T. Levin, chairman of the Division, explains. "However, by saving the shell and reconstructing the entire interior, rather than building a whole new structure the University saved at least $800,000"--an important factor in this period of continually rising costs. Its convenient location on the main pathway between the Houses and the Yard close to Widener helped clinch the decision...
...English Department is considering tightening foreign language requirements for graduate study, according to a recent letter sent to the Board of Tutors by Walter J. Bate, Chairman of the English Department...
...Redbook--General Education in a Free Society--which was the foundation of the original General Education proposal is virtually a dead letter. Professor David E. Owen, ex-Chairman of the General Education Committee, admits, "One can hardly disguise the fact that there has been departure from the Redbook." Professor Reuben A. Brower, who teaches Humanities 6, puts the matter more strongly: "I remember how the Redbook was cited right and left six years ago, but nobody mentions it now.... Just by quietly not talking about the Redbook, a lot of good things get done...
According to Professor Samuel L. Adams, chairman of the three-man committee which prepared the Faculty statement in preliminary form, tonight's action represents the "peculiar perspective of the Divinity School, of a faculty engaged in teaching religion, and is not merely a rehearsal of previous debate...
...Hartman '60, chairman of the Student Council committee on drama, questioned, however, complete emphasis on quality, stating that "College drama must have the latitude to make mistakes...