Word: forme
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...these publications, which have appeared in slightly altered form every September for many years, are more than neutral representations of various aspects of Harvard. It is impossible to ignore their special, didactic purposes--purposes only faintly hinted at in the texts themselves. Early in Rules Relating, an entire page is devoted to this brief statement...
What better example of the "suggestive influence of the unexpressed"? In form, this statement is identical to the thousands of thinly disguised imperatives that follow, each heavy with the weight of the unsaid: "In addition, every undergraduate must satisfy the requirements of an approved field of concentration"; "A student will be promoted at the end of any term upon the basis of total final credits accumulated"; "A student in an honors program may have his work judged unworthy of honors in the field, but worthy of a degree...
Hemingway enthusiast? That's right, because the dialogue you heard wasn't between two general managers attempting to build pro teams, but a couple of Harvard senior advisers trying to form successful roommate groupings for this fall's freshman class...
...tricky job, especially when freshmen don't bother to give complete data on the request form. Nevertheless, Young says that the barter system, which he claims is unique to Harvard, is the best possible method of matching roommates. "The whole job could be done by computer," Young says, "but there would have to be a lot of options and one helluva program." Is the process successful? Young cites the large numbers of students who stick with their roommates for the next three years at the College as evidence that the summer sessions are most productive...
...every group will be as cohesive as Young's birdroom and at times advisers have been known to dip deep down in the request form, matching two people who have made obscure references to Sherlock Holmes. But the dean's office is the first to admit that the process isn't perfect. And if you feel yo've been the victim of a bum trade, don't hesitate to get back into the draft pool and find another, more compatible roommate...