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...Monro blames himself for the mess. Chalmers, who supported the new committee's stand, blames the psychology of both the CEP and the HPC. "It was a case of each trying to second guess the other," he explains. "The HPC asked for what they thought they could get, and the CEP gave what they thought was wanted. Each should have gone for what they wanted in the first place...
...four-course proposal must now go through the CEP process again next fall. Its chances, on the face of the evidence, do not look good. Monro will be gone--not, of course, that he would have championed the new proposal in any case. "And frankly," he says, "the CEP is tired of talking about it. Any discussion next fall will be tempered by the feeling that the HPC's membership is changing in February, and the new group may disown it all over again...
...long-range effect of the pass-fail mess, and the underlying problems that caused it, will become clearer next year. Former chairman Trosper is more optimistic than Monro. "People have short memories," he has said, noting that the Faculty might be impressed by the HPC's willingness and ability to rethink a position thoroughly. But aside from prestige, another unfortunate consequence of the year-long hassle with pass-fail was the opportunity cost: the HPC did little else...
...finished pass-fail, I suddenly had the, realization that, now that we could go on to something else, there was really nothing to do. It was too late in the year to start something, and I began to wonder if the HPC is really as firmly established as Dean Monro seems to think...
Next Year: No Monro...