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...Freshman thus becomes the embryo of that self-reliant "individual" typical of Harvard student bodies. Not until his Sophomore or Junior year will be realize that he has also become a victim of advisory indifference. Then, if he is like the many upperclassmen now in the University, he will regret having taken, or not having taken, certain courses during his Freshman year. He will wish that somebody had told him that all University regulations are flexible, and that there had been no need for him to wallow exclusively in Freshman courses for a year. He will feel that intelligent guidance...
...been the function of the Committee on Educational Policy, of which the Provost is chairman, to go over the courses submitted by the various departments, to recommend changes, and finally to submit the embryo catalogue to the entire Faculty for approval. This year the Committee should examine the prospective catalogue not only in terms of the courses it will announce, but also in terms of what it will say about those courses...
...germ plasm for generations, like an infinitesimal time bomb, waiting to combine with a similar gene in a cell of the opposite sex. Then, reinforced, it makes its influence felt. Theoretically, a mutation may be beneficial, but most of them are not. Some mutations kill the developing embryo. Some deform or otherwise handicap the young organism...
...chance for young conductors and directors to train. "If a pianist needs a piano to practice, how can one expect an opera director to learn without actors!" explains the cherubic Goldovsky. Equipped as he is with a large group of competent student singers, he is able to give his embryo conductors and directors their necessary workouts...
...Embryo Cole Porters and Noel Cowards will have their chance tonight to sign up for the Hasty Pudding The-articals' competition for scriptwriters, lyricists, and songwriters, needed to give birth to next year's centennial production...