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Ford said that he hoped the Faculty would take a clear position against computing class rankings as a permanent policy. He withheld an opinion, however, on whether it should actually advocate ending the present use of ranks as a criterion for student deferments. "I'm still mulling that over in my own mind," Ford declared...
...this question, Ford indicated, that a split within the Faculty might develop. The central issue would be whether Harvard has the "right" to go on record against classrankings, leaving the draft test--which "is certain to make Harvard students look very good"--as the only criterion for deferment...
Those who favor the use of ranks point out that to discontinue them would leave only the draft exams as a criterion for deciding whether to give a student his deferment. This, they say, would be even more unfair than the present system, by which a student who fares poorly on the draft exam may rely on his grades, and vice versa. As long as student deferments exist, it is argued, as many factors as possible should go into each decision made by the local board...
...hint of trouble came with the announcement that director Joseph Anthony had retitled the play Falstaff. Now it is true that in Shakespeare's own lifetime the play was occasionally thus designated. And it is just as true that Falstaff is indeed the work's foremost figure. By this criterion we ought to turn Julius Caesar into Brutus, Cymbeline into Imogen, and The Merchant of Venice into Shylock...
Flexible Rule. At Massachusetts General Hospital, the criterion laid down by Neurologist Schwab is that the EEG must remain flat for about 24 hours, and stay flat despite external stimuli such as a loud noise. There must be no muscular or pupillary reflexes; the patient must have no heartbeat or respiration of his own-only what the machines are providing. "After that," says Dr. Schwab, "the physician in charge can agree to turn off the artificial aids and pronounce the patient dead...