Word: norr
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...HENRY R. NORR '68 has announced his candidacy for the Board of Overseers. In so doing, Norr is attempting to give undergraduates and younger alumni a voice on one of Harvard's most important administrative bodies. He should be supported...
...younger alumni. The most significant example of this is the Overseer's role in selecting a new president of Harvard. Especially in view of events on other campuses this spring, it would be most undesirable for Harvard's next president to be chosen without any consideration of younger opinion. Norr's election wil help to ensure that this opinion will be heard...
...term as head of the Harvard Policy Council, Henry Norr has demonstrated an ability to work with students and administrators to achieve important academic reforms. Pass-fail courses are only one of the major innovations which he leaves behind in Harvard College. Norr is well-qualified to represent student sentiment on the Overseers, and there is every reason to believe that he will prove an able and energetic member of the Board...
...election of a younger alumnus to the Overseers, although a new departure, is by no means a revolutionary one. The question is not whether or not students should run Harvard, but simply whether they have a right to be heard at all. Henry Norr's election to the Overseers will give students and younger alumni an articulate voice in matters which are of concern to all Harvard...
...effectiveness can be variously explained: by the hero, elite, or secrecy theory. The hero theory credits the HPC achievements to its 1967-68 chairman, Henry R. Norr '68, an extraordinarily shrewd and articulate advocate of the student proposals. The elite theory holds that the HPC gets things done because its members aren't elected (they are chosen by House Masters and House committees) and are therefore more capable than the kind of student who goes in for campaigning in student elections. A final explanation of the HPC's success (held by many of the members) is that they get things...