Word: exam
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...Hamilton, 27. George has been exempted on grounds that he is the sole financial support of his mother, Mrs. Anne Hamilton Spalding, who, after four divorces, lives in her son's $200,000 Beverly Hills house. The board has ordered him to report Nov. 7 for a physical exam and possible reclassification. In Munich, where he's filming Jack of Diamonds, George broke his usual silence about the matter: "I do feel that I have an obligation toward my country. If they want...
Concern within the department over the relation of theory to practical politics is not limited to terminology. Maass said yesterday that the special exam (senior concentrators take two sets of generals--one in their specialized area, and one in the other fields) is being rewritten to place increased emphasis on the practical application of theory. This change is also effective...
Instead of pass-fail, the proposed system uses the term "audited courses." A student could do as much work as he chose for any number of extra courses, and if by the end of the term he felt that he was well prepared, he could take the final exam. If he passed the final, he would get a "pass" designation on his transcript without being responsible for any of the other course requirements. If he failed the final, or chose not to take it, no record of his connection with the course would be kept...
Wilcox noted that there is a "built-in exposure rule" within the philosophy of Harvard general education. The Faculty assumes, he said, that educational value is derived from exposure to the entire course. He added that he saw "no room for an exam writeoff under this philosophy...
Ronald L. Trosper '67, chairman of the HPC, yesterday compared the two plans and noted that the HPC did not equate a course with its final exam. The HPC's plan would require pass-fail students to do all of the course work, and Trosper pointed out that Harvard's proposal "offers similar educational opportunities as well as increased flexibility" to pass-fail students...