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Seeley sent copies of his memo to Dean Monro and David Riesman '31. Henry Ford II Professor of Social Sciences Monro said yesterday that the report "raised questions that ought to be asked," but continued, "if it's appropriate for the Selective Service to request such information then it's appropriate for us to respond...
...however, there is a national direction from the Selective Service asking class rank be included with the 109 as it was required uptil three years Monro said that there would be a age in procedure. He would expand interpretation of the blue card to mean giving permission to send class to the local draft boards even if student cannot be contacted. In this a copy of the reply would be sent to student...
...Monro pointed out that under these circumstances he would assume that students, who had not signed the blue card has not informed the Dean's Office the contrary, were giving their permission to send their class rank to local cards, even if the student is not notified first...
When the cards were distributed last Monday, Dean Monro said that the permission granted by students who signed them would be used in most cases only to certify to the boards that a student is enrolled and in good standing. And he insisted that the University would continue to request permission before sending transcripts. But he qualified this pledge by saying that if the volume of requests from boards rises above a certain unspecified level, the registrar would not have the facilities to notify undergraduates before mailing the information. And Monro later admitted that University officials had failed to "think...
...practical terms, the rule fails to recognize a difference in Ivy academic and grading standards from those of other colleges. A more serious objection to the rule is its infringement upon the rights of individual colleges or conferences to determine their own internal standards. Dean Monro, in a letter to NCAA executive director Walter Byers, pointed out that the 1.600 rule is a violation of the NCAA constitution, which states that each institution or conference is responsible for it own workings. Although Harvard's standards for avoiding athletic probation--three C's and one D, or 1.75--are well above...