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Commuting is admitted to be a compromise between the ideal Harvard education and economic realities; some of the conveniences of undergraduate life are sacrificed for the sake of a cheaper education. But the sacrifices are not made because they are inherently desirable but to make the "economy model" education available. There is nothing attractive about sequestering the economically, socially, intellectually, and geographically narrow commuting body and putting it in a separate physical facility; but it is apparently necessary...
...crux of the matter is whether the residential College is willing to sacrifice a little convenience to make the commuter's education for more valuable. Commuting has become a convenient way to add flexibility to the enrollment, but it should also, as Master Leighton points out, be a real educational opportunity. If the College hopes to attract more able commuters, it must make them something more than visitors to classes, and it must take them out of their separated facility and bring them into the College...
...staff at Peabody is both amused and exasperated by this misconception on the part of students and the general public alike. Most of the people who make this mistake go through Peabody to get to the glass flowers without even glancing at its vast riches...
...Museum is faced with ever growing collections which are placed either in its relatively small exhibition space or deposited in its enormous storage areas. To make stored specimens useful, exact descriptions and cataloguing are necessary. Because of the serious deficiencies of its earlier catalogues, the Museum is trying to catch up with the recording of its over one million objects. For this, as well as all its other special functions--publications, expeditions, research, much new equipment--the Museum has an annual budget of $85,000. As a money-saving device, it asks professors who visit the Museum to study parts...
...exhibitions, space is not a major problem. The Museum's big Victorian hallways have much potential area for new displays if the space is used with ingenuity. Director Brew was able to make a reading room for the Library out of some first floor gallery space and still retained every case in the exhibit--and in a better arrangement than before...