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Almost four months after his nomination to the Supreme Court, John Marshall Harlan is still spending most of his afternoons before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington, instead of filling the vacant ninth place in the Court building. He has been detained, unfortunately, by questioning that daily grows more absurd and insidious...
Considering both the excellent qualifications of the nomince and the importance of the Supreme Court's works, such procedure is particularly unfortunate. Harlan's nomination has been before the Committee since January 10, and observers predict it will probably stay there for another two weeks. At these hearings the judge has heard himself opposed because of his "in experience," because he favors the United Nations and "may supply the judge necessary to abolish the United States by judicial decision," and because he was a Rhodes Scholar...
...Harlan P. Hansen, Director of Advanced Standing, also reported that his office has received 28 applications for admission directly from the eleventh grade, but does not expect any more...
...juniors have already been allowed to reduce their degree requirements by one half-course so that they may do individual work this spring. This initial step in Advanced Standing coincides with the announcement made two days ago by Harlan P. Hanson '46, Director of Advanced Standing, concerning a similar program fee ten Harvard juniors...
...program passed by the Faculty last spring, the juniors will be able to count various types of work outside the classroom toward their degree. This work may be in the form of expanded tutorial, private research, or a graduate course taken for later credits towards an advanced degree, said Harlan P. Hanson '46, Director of Advanced Standing...