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...enhanced by its location; with the exception of Dunster, Eliot is farther away from the Yard than any other House. Built around a small courtyard which is used as an athletic field in the fall and winter, the House is composed of converted doubles intermixed with larger complexes. Master Finley has created a number of consolidated suites, usually consisting of a triple and deconverted double. In addition Eliot has one of the largest and most useful house libraries and contains its own grill...
...John H. Finley, Jr. '25, chairman of the General Education committee, said that Nat Sci 6 had been approved "with cheers." He added that the committee was "delighted" with the course, which has long been one of Howells' favorite projects...
Approving Nat Sci 6 was the only step taken by the group at its monthly meeting yesterday. Emphasizing the difficulty of winning approval for a new course, Finley said he was "not terribly sanguine" about making further changes in the Gen Ed program for next year...
Nothing has yet come of the proposal that Government 1 be made a Social Science course, according to Finley...
...most point whether anything can be done to eliminate the sophomore slump, and Finley even questioned whether anything should be done. "I can't fight anybody's battle with Harvard," he said. "The sophomore slump is a common problem, the facing of which is a precondition to freedom an success at Harvard." Monro disagreed: "We feel a deep responsibility not to take this problem for granted...