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...Masters stated that no set criteria other than the stipulations set forth in Dean Watson's statement would be used to judge the applicants' reasons for leaving the House. Watson said that to move out a student must secure the approval of his Master and of his parents...
Since 1954 it has become increasingly clear that Dr. Oppenheimer has corrected whatever faults he may have had in the past. It has, at the same time, become evident that 1954 security standards were unduly narrow and arbitrary. Such criteria for defining security risk are not absolute and immutable, but must reflect the nation's changing security needs. The 1954 standards, which made it possible for valuable men such as Oppenheimer to be judged security risks, were unrealistic...
...probably easier to select the brilliant scientist on an undergraduate level than it is to choose the highly talented historian. Certainly no department should award summas on a quota basis. On the other hand, the criteria should be harmonized so that the qualified student, regardless of field of concentration, has a fair chance to be graduated summa cum laude...
...embezzlement, collusion, kickbacks, exorbitant insurance charges and various other forms of malfeasance." The committee later showed that thievery was not the only problem. "Countless millions," said the committee, had been lost in union or jointly operated funds by "mismanagement, lack of know-how, waste, extravagance, nepotism, a lack of criteria for sound operation." They cited not only neglect of actuarial and investment principles in setting up welfare plans, but also "an almost complete lack of routine accounting to the beneficiaries." They also criticized plans that invested as much as 100% of union welfare and pension funds in the stock...
Admission, because the privilege of attending is conferred on fewer than apply, is of necessity a discriminatory process. The College chooses among applicants according to a number of standards. Aside from the criteria of academic and personal fitness for Harvard life, the admissions committee seeks a cultural cross-section which will enrich the University. Thus the great cry for diversity. In order to fulfill this ideal, the office must choose a greater percentage of those who apply from minority groups than from the more homogeneous mass, other factors being equal. This quest for diversity is hampered when means of recognizing...