Word: dorm
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...will suggest instead that after Thanksgiving of sophomore year, all students be permitted to sign out indefinitely without permission. They would also suggest that upperclassmen need not sign out at all, if they plan to return to their dorm before 4 a.m. The Rules Committee had suggested a 3 a.m. deadline for no sign-outs, which was a revision of the present 10 p.m. limit...
...administrators, and they cannot be expected to be knowledgeable about all the areas in which freshmen need help. Since it seems unlikely that Harvard will organize a corps of full-time experts on the Harvard scene, the HUC's proposal to have either an upperclassman live in each freshman dorm or at least a group of upperclassmen affiliated with each dorm entry seems the most effective solution...
Undoubtedly the proposed change will meet with resistance. It's questionable whether upperclassmen have to live in the dorm in order for freshmen to have contact with them, since there is ample opportunity in classes and extracurricular activities for freshmen to meet older students. But many freshmen who would like to meet them don't, as the HUC's poll indicated. An alternative proposed by the Council is to have groups of juniors and seniors assigned to dorm entries. This plan would avoid the disciplinary problems that might arise with an undergraduate proctor system, and, if the "dorm affiliates" were...
...another suitor, obviously an Adams House resident who wasn't allowed to move off either, took her offer more seriously. "Dorm life is hell," he agreed. "When are you available for an audition...
Currently each freshman is assigned to an advisor, usually a graduate student. In most cases, the advisor is also the student's dorm proctor...