Word: norr
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Henry Norr recalls that "when we 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...
...Norr, an activist by nature ("It wouldn't be bad for the HPC to shoot off a little now and then"), does have things in mind for next year. He wants to look into the possibility of liberalizing requirements for independent study and for setting up a central independent study office to recruit (and possibly pay for) Faculty and then match them with interested students. He would like to make it easier for students to set up courses and even concentration programs of their own. One HPC member has received a grant to do his thesis on the sophomore slump...
...Norr also plans a major study, in conjunction with the HUC, on the Houses. It will cover everything from House courses to overcrowding to parietals to the possibility of allowing graduate students to replace undergraduates who wish to move off campus...
There was no doubt that Monro enjoyed the role, and on occasion used the HPC as a sounding board for some of his pet ideas. "It was great to have him," Norr says. "He took a lot of the guesswork away, and gave us his vast knowledge of administrative history and his immense good will...
...sees its role, in Trosper's words, as "providing a structured way to present student opinion in some semblance of a well thought-out consensus. Then we have to trust in the Faculty's ability and willingness to listen to reason." Most students and Faculty members, chairman Norr feels, "respect the HPC in a vague way. We have a certain amount of good will to build...