Word: majority
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Along with Lloyd's optimistic statements about the chances for agreement, comes a program for discussion of controls on underground tests which represents a major step forward in international negotiations. He suggests that a group of scientists from all nations concerned with underground test controls should make joint experiments to evaluate detection methods...
This concept not only represents a substantial advance in international scientific co-operation. If it is adopted by the Geneva conference which is studying the test ban it would also be a major blow for taking security matters out of the hands of individual nations and putting them under the control of international bodies...
...gets an academic adviser, who usually becomes his sophomore supervisor as well. The function of the adviser during the first two years is at best loosely defined, and many underclassmen rarely see the men assigned to them. When students begin to concentrate in the junior year, they receive a "major adviser," who works closely with them, planning courses and helping with other academic decisions. The job of major adviser is a difficult one, and there are not enough men to go around. "We are not spending enough money on what is a good system in theory," Bradley laments...
...given in the University's undergraduate program, and virtually none in the Wharton School. There are, in most courses, regular assignments, frequent quizzes, and emphasis on recitation. The degree requirements in the College ask only that the student compile 32 semester credits of a total of 128 in his major field; there are no general examinations. Although students evince great conscientiousness about class attendance--perhaps since the administration permits only six cuts per course per term--intellectual concern does not extend to the dormitories, dining halls, and fraternities. Many intelligent students complain about the lack of intellectual companionship and challenge...
Furthermore, the College is concerned with raising its standards. At present a B average allows a student to go for Honors degree, and a C- qualifies an undergraduate to enter a major field of study. Honors concentrators who fall below B- level in their work are reclassified as Pass majors, and candidates for a regular degree cannot remain in their major field if their average falls below C-. Students disqualified from concentration must raise their grades to the required level to gain re-admittance. Bradley calls both minimums--especially the C- requirement--"too low," and he is determined...