Word: musts
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...abstract in its consideration. The more mundane problems of assembling a college class--those recognized by Dean Bender but unrecognized by many who do not have to deal with them--cannot be solved by the vote of a faculty committee. Most important, the CEP sub-committee must remember that the objectives of undergraduate education and admissions are not those of graduate preparation for filling its own profession's ranks...
This is not to say that their feat is any the less imposing; now, as in 1955, Advanced Placement Sophomores must hace satisfactory completed at least three college-level courses during their senior year in secondary school. Usually, passing performances on the College Board Advanced Placement Examinations, given in 11 fields, will ensure accreditation. In four areas--Chemistry, Physics, French, and Spanish--either an honors grade or a further examination tendered by the College is needed for Advanced Placement...
Probably the biggest academic hitch in the Advanced Placement plan is the A.P. Sophomore's forced choice of major. With the speeded-up Honors program and its sophomore essays, junior generals, and the like, it is becoming increasingly obvious that the selection of a field of concentration must be made at the beginning of Sophomore year, if at all possible. A choice delayed to the middle of Sophomore year is risky but conceivable. As far as Honors goes, no choice made any later is likely to yield a successful Honors candidate...
...three courses is often one with widespread interests. Not all A. P. students get advancement in Chemistry, Physics, and Mathematics; some get it in Mathematics, American History, and French. Thus, a boy with enough interest in widely separated areas to take stiff, advanced classes in all of them must almost immediately make up his mind to forsake two of them. One of the greatest benefits of Freshman year is that it can give an opportunity to consider the problem of devoting one's self to a single area...
...Radcliffe can never replace the Harvard community, out it can take better advantage of what is offered," explained Donald R. Brown, teaching fellow in Government, who serves with his wife as Head Resident at Comstock. "We must bring people into the dorms who will make them more than just a place to live," he added...