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According to the Council agreement, societies show films "primarily of an educational or experimental nature" and at least two years old. But the general consensus among film society members is that the limitations are a dead letter. GSD films plans to show "Slaughterhouse-Five" next year (which complies with the two-year guide "Cabaret," (which will not). And the educational" criterion is even less of a hindrance. GSD, for example, showed "Little Big Man," "Putney Swope" and "The Pawn-broker" under the general educational theme. "Social adaptation to a changing environment...
...busters." Financial arrangements vary. In some Houses the House Committee funds the society's initial investment; in others, the money may come from the Master's funds--but the House that will tolerate continued deficits is a rarity, and film societies without House backing are under even tighter constraint. GSD Films' arrangement with the School of Design requires it to be in the black at the end of each month, or shut down. At the end of the year, any profits must go into the school's scholarship fund...
...members seem to disagree. And the guest for the audience drives the societies into a variant of Gresham's Law: Bad films drive out good. Among the most successful of the Films Across the River series last year was "Vixen"; Winthrop Films will offer "99 Women" this spring; and GSD Films is lustfully eyeing "Deep Throat" for next year...
Lisa spent more time interrupting than attending classes at Harvard last Fall. On three consecutive Fridays in November, workers from 1199 had entered the class of Mortimer B. Zuckerman, an instructor at the GSD and a part-owner of the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston. The workers, currently involved in a strike at Mass Rehab, demanded that Zuckerman explain his role in the wage dispute. After ignoring several warnings from the administration, the workers were invited to a tete-a-tete with the dean...
...only prerequisites for design school are a B.A. and basic courses in math and physics which no undergraduates should have trouble fulfilling," King said. He urged Radcliffe students interested in architecture to audit or enroll in courses taught at the GSD...