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Defects in the present system justify the change. The current program requires either a six-hour general examination or a one-hour oral. The written exam is administered only to non-honors concentrators, in spring of senior year. It is subdivided into a general and a special section--the former assessing the student's general comprehension and the latter testing his knowledge of one of the four areas of specialization...
...unable to find a way for the man-boy to return home and do exactly as he pleases without breaking any house rules. Actress Biggs touches the nitty-gritty core of teen-age ambivalence when she half proudly, half sorrowfully apologizes to her beau for passing a final exam: "I got 75. I'm sorry, I had pressure from my parents. I had to." Later, squatting on a deserted subway platform late at night to strum and hum folksongs, the two embrace all of a troubled generation's inchoate longings in one full, quiet moment. At such moments...
English, like other Departments, offers special hour exams to graduating seniors in honors, ostensibly to reward them for four years of hard work with a final exam-free last Spring in Cambridge...
...friend told him just in time that his decision to forego the honors test meant he was opting for a C grade in the course. For the Department needs an early grade to calculate final standings, and when one is lacking, it arbitrarily gives a C. The final exam grade influences the permanent record, but not the degree designation. Our senior couldn't believe it, but it was true. He took all his "optional" tests and handed in his papers...
...Hewlett, the only other Harvard representatives in the race were two Med School Students, John Weinstein and Howard Robertson, plus a former Dunster House tutor, Erich Segal who finished in the 30's. Now teaching at Yale, Segal gave himself time to run in the Marathon by scheduling an exam and leaving a tutor in charge...