Word: foxes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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College officials said this week that a drive to remove the money from University cotters would be a matter for the new student faculty. Committee on College Life to discuss. The Committee consists of council members and masters and is chaired by Dean of the College John B. Fox...
...Hastings, who were just settling into their first year as North House masters, readily admit that they vigorously fought Fox's plan, which despite tremendous Quad outcry met little opposition in gaining administrative approval. "People liked very much the idea that the Quad was different" with its four-year living arrangements, says Mrs. Hastings. Amid all the disparities between the Quad and the River particularly in the first post-merger years, the unity of four-year housing apparently was a source of pride for residents relegated to the Quad. The Hastings had no strong personal feelings about the switch...
...ongoing review of the changes, which was intended to occur after five years. Part of the reason for the review by a five-master committee headed by South House Associate Master Anne M. Wacker is a "technical obligation" to review the plan as intended after five years, according to Fox. But Fox, who has charged the committee with no particular directive, says the broad objective of the Comprehensive Plan was to create "more or less the same social and educational environment in the Houses. "Recognizing the geographical drawbacks of the Quad. Fox is asking the committee "are there things that...
...Fox is choosing to remain mute regarding what should possibly be done to update his plan. "My job is to shut up and hear what the committe says," he explains. "The worst thing is to get involved in the deliberations of the committee before they're through with their report...
...seems assured that any suggestion put forth by those reviewing the Comprehensive Plan will seem mild in comparison to the outcry which Fox generated five years ago with a proposal which people now seem to agree entirely made sense. But it also seems clear that the results of the study will not be a totally equal, and equally popular House system. Geographical and architectural barriers aside, some officials regard the diversity in living as one of Harvard's strengths. "I get very nervous when everybody wants to equalize the Houses, because I want to know what equalize means...