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Then, in 1950, Tsien took off for Shanghai to "visit his parents." Federal agents picked him up on a China-bound ship with 1,800 Ibs. of rocketry research. After a long series of deportation hearings, the Government admitted that there was nothing "secret" in Tsien's load but claimed that he had been a Communist Party member since the 1930s. After Tsien was sentenced to deportation as a Communist, the Government had second thoughts. It argued that he possessed valuable knowledge that, if carried abroad, would be "inimical to the best interests of the U.S." So he remained...
Under a plan just endorsed by the University's Faculty Committee on Courses of Study, students would be able to receive ungraded credit for an unlimited number of courses taken, without charge, beyond the normal course load...
...second year and is widely regarded by the Harvard Faculty as a test case for the pass-fail concept. Under the current program, a student can take one of his five courses every year on an ungraded pass-fail basis. The new plan would reduce the Princeton course load to four in the first three years and three in the senior year...
McLoone, senior Jim Smith, junior Bob Stempson, and captain Jim Baker (with an injured ankle) will be expected to carry the load for Harvard. They will have to place in the top fifteen for the Crimson to win. And, just as important, Dick Howe, Joe Ryan, and Frank Sullo-way will have to score displacement points for Harvard by breaking up the opposition's secondary from 15th to around 20th place...
Beyond this simple innovation, of course, there are some exciting educational possibilities, such as introducing pass-fail grading into the four-course load, or abolishing grades entirely. These possibilities deserve more discussion, and the discussion will benefit from a trial run of the HPC plan...