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...Finley was reported as saying the action was not only good for the play, but also for introducing the House's symbol--you guessed it an elephant--to the fresh-men. He noted that Shake-speare refers to an Elephant tavern in Twelfth Night: "Hold, sir, here's my purse, in the soth suburbs, at the Elephant, is best to lodge...
Sophomore Standing has come under heavy fire in the past year. Several Masters--of whom the most vocal has been John Finley of Eliot House-- have openly challenged the Program; at times, indeed, the Sophomore Standing critics seemed to speak for a majority of the Faculty. The Program suffered an unrestrained attack from another quarter last spring, when the Student Council Committee on Educational Policy recommended its abolition...
Expressing doubts about the wisdom of increased specialization, Finley warned that it is getting harder for students "to keep an individual identity," particularly those students from the suburbs. Finley likened suburbs to "Indian reservations" in their shelteredness from the "working world...
Decrying the speed of modern education in general, Finley noted a student can fly to Harvard from California in four hours, but that the "soul comes in later like a beagle." All in all, these conflicting pressures make "Harvard complete chaos," Finley affirmed...
...their next meeting the Masters will probably agree to allow political and cultural "throwaways" to be distributed in the Houses, according to Finley. But they will continue to forbid commercial advertising and any solicitation which calls students to the door. Information tables will still be permitted at the entrances of the dining halls...