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...Guzzetti says he regrets not having access to more video equipment for VES 158r, "Sound and Image," a course he is teaching this semester on film and electronic music. He feels it is a good teaching tool because it can be used immediately and is erasable. Both Guzzetti and Gardner recognize a student demand for and interest in video, but don't want to hold out false carrots to students by offering a video program which is not adequately funded. "We ought to do it well if we're going to do it," says Gardner...
...Robert Gardner, senior lecturer in Visual and Environmental Studies, who recommended the "no video" policy to the Faculty says, "In a better of possible worlds we would have video production. It is an important medium of expression and it's terribly important in a place like this in visual studies to undertake some work because video is an important medium in the country and in civilization. To leave out video and TV is quite artificial but it is required because of the practical exigencies of financing...
...only thing standing in the way of further development of video at Harvard is, of course, money. Gardner says he sees no new economic dawn on the horizon. Guzzetti says his only hope is that the economy will change and Harvard will come up with more money for video. Gardner estimates $50,000 per year of University money would cover the costs of offering a more extensive video program. One possibility would be to follow the example of many European colleges and hook up with a TV station for expanded opportunities. Another possibility would be to apply for a grant...
...Bill Edwards denies it, as does the Bureau of Study Counsel. Another theory is that he works for the registrar's office. Yet, apart from exam time, when the office hires Edwards as a proctor, Mr. Test is not connected with the registrar's office at all. Douglas S. Gardner '57, associate registrar simply says, "He's a proctor." Beyond that, he confesses, "I don't know a heck of a lot about...
...Gardner explains that Edwards simply makes himself available to proctor any exams Gardner's office sponsors. "He's certainly had more experience with us than any other proctor," so Gardner always assigns him to Memorial Hall. Gardner guesses that Edwards has been doing this sort of thing for about ten years and adds, "I understand they call him 'Mr. Exam...