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...Bravo for Princeton!" Dean Monro commented yesterday. Ungraded courses are "the ideal"; however, the practical task of getting students into graduate schools necessitates compromise, he qualified. Monro lauded Princeton for its "wild experiment--an idea both original and good...
...Anytime you can get away from grade evaluations reasonably, it's a good idea," Monro remarked yesterday. He cautioned, however, that "graduate schools demand a recognizable transcript." Monro speculated that the maximum reasonable number of ungraded or informally graded courses would be about half of an individual's course load...
...think this is a healthy situation in regard to patriotism," Monro said. He would not say, however, whether he thought abolishing the draft would be desirable...
...contrast, participants in Harvard's Project Tanganyika must take a leave of absence if they wish to spend a full year in Africa. Monro said, however, that the University has had "good luck in explaining this kind of thing to the draft board." "Our faculties would be dubious about trying to stretch an umbrells over someone not actually enrolled in school," he added...
...wouldn't do any good for us to make a plea," Monro explained. "What the boards are interested in is the circumstances of a student's absence...