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"High school principals are unfair in charging college admissions boards, such as Harvard's, with tyranny," Richard Gummere told a Student Council Forum in Emerson D last night.
Gummere described the admission of students as a "cross between the science of human relations and the use of a sliding technical scale." A boy's predicted rank in college, he said, plays an important role in the final decision.
Dean of College Admissions Richard M. Gummere will tell any students who wish to know, "How and Why You Were Admitted to Harvard" in a Student Council sponsored forum at 8 p.m. tonight in Emerson D.
The longest-term resident was Professor George Herbert Palmer, whence the second half of the building's name. Palmer, a well-known classical scholar who claimed genially that he "existed on the decay of Greece," lived there from 1894 until 1933. On his initiative, the astronomer's "caboose" was finally...
Cotton will retain his job as director of placement while assisting Richard M. Gummere '07, chairman of the admissions committee.