Word: hpc
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Although only 40 per cent of the two colleges voted, 71 per cent of the Harvard voters favored admitting Cliffies. At Radcliffie the vote was almost unanimous, according to Michael E. Abram '66. The amendment to the HPC constitution required a separate majority from each college for passage...
Students at Harvard and Radclif will vote in a referendum today on whether to allow a permanent representatives from the 'Cliffe on the Harvard Policy Committee. The proposed amendment, which was unanimously approved by both the HPC and the Harvard Undergraduate Council would give Cliffies four votes on the council--three to students and one to Dean Eliot...
There is good reason for giving Cliffies a voice on the HPC. The committee recommends changes and improvements in curriculum, and since Cliffies share that curriculum, it is only logical that they should be given an opportunity to criticize and change it. A separate committee might provide the means of expression; but a single organization would better reflect the opinion of the Harvard-Radcliffe student body and would eliminate duplication of effort. The proposal would also facilitate the exchange of ideas which is vital to the improvement of courses...
...HPC is seeking Cliffie membership because it has primarily dealt with questions of educational policy, and this is an area of concern for Radcliffe as well as Harvard students, Abram said...
...HPC is confident that it will be able to obtain the necessary votes needed to make the change. Abram said that the extensive support for the HUC and the HPC in the last referendum indicated that students were anxious to have these committees useful and active. "Since Cliffe membership will enable the HPC to function more effectively, it will probably be supported by the majority of students," he said...