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...have him committed to graduate study by admission. A college in which graduates go on only to more study becomes as much an ivory tower as a prep school in which all seniors pass unthinkingly to ivy-covered halls. If Harvard appears to rely upon a single criterion, it produces an academic orientation which cripples the admissions committee, just as the appearance that everybody goes on to graduate study will produce a clear picture of the student who should go to Harvard...
Values Needed. Marxists, says Schaff, must work out a system of morality on a "scientific" basis rather than accept something like the Ten Commandments because it is the will of God. A typical "scientific" criterion: one should aim for "the greatest possible happiness of the large masses-only in this way may one implement the desire for personal happiness." What if organizational discipline-the state-requires an action that the individual believes to be morally wrong, that is, against "the greatest possible happiness of the masses...
...believe we are agreed that the distribution of rooms is of vital importance because it touches on educational opportunity in college. It is precisely for this reason, and because I do not consider it a luxury item, that in my opinion ability to pay should not be the criterion used in assigning rooms. No room-drawing system can provide better facilities where they do not exist, but neither, may I add, does it worsen the physical situation. I am troubled by the implication in your editorial that those students whose families' financial situation is less favorable are thereby better prepared...
...closing date for applications for the National College Queen Contest. Contestants will be judged on their accomplishments as well as their appearance. One important criterion will be "community service...
...days later, before he could be crowned, died of apoplexy. His fierce face still stares down at worshipers in the central nave of Rome's St. Paul's Basilica, but the current Yearbook's compiler, Msgr. Angelo Lanzoni, decided that papal coronation should be the criterion...