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Among those concurring in this view are David Riesman, Henry Ford II Professor of Social Sciences, and Robert G. McCloskey, Professor of Government and Chairman of the Government Department...
...McCloskey, a specialist in American Constitutional law, questions whether "a legal trial can have its inception in an illegal base." Referring to Israeli Premier BenGurion's frequent declarations that one of the purposes of the trial is to teach the present generation a lesson in history that it might have forgotten. McCloskey accuses BenGurion of "perhaps mixing a great deal of immorality into a moral lesson." He cites the kidnapping of Eichmann and the lack of a legal basis for Israel's claim to jurisdiction, and asks. "Can you make a moral point by immoral means...
...however, still felt strongly on the subject. And so the subject, which the Faculty had never had a chance to discuss when it seemed most pertinent, was put on the Faculty agenda last Fall. It was neither simple nor (it appeared) irrelevant, and so a committee, headed by Robert McCloskey, was appointed to study the problem and report on it this term...
...Although McCloskey deplores cases where course assistants have as many as 200 blue books to read, he believes that this sort of overloading is exceptional. In a course of 150 to 200 students, there are usually two or three graders, and most men should be able to complete two blue books in an hour, he said...
...been McCloskey's experience, however, that commenting on exams is usually unnecessary. There is no mechanism for returning exams from a one-semester course, and "most undergraduates don't seem to be interested once their grade is established...