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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...abolition of grades would nevertheless have a number of very beneficial effects. The first is that it would greatly facilitate learning. It seems reasonable to expect that students would learn a great deal more if they were able to pursue their own intellectual interests within a rational academic framework. Of course, the kind of studying that now precedes examinations would be a thing of the past, but it is unlikely that students learn very much by cramming, and it is certain that this kind of studying can only atrophy a student's capacity for thought...
...most efficient way of organizing a boycott of exams would probably involve the circulation of a pledge, to become effective and binding once a certain number of people--at least two-thirds of the student body--had signed it. This could be organized by a fairly small number of interested people willing to devote some time to the project. While this group would best be able to work out such details, it seems likely that the boycott would have to exclude people on probation, and possibly also graduating seniors...
WHEN several Harvard students were indicted by the Grand Jury of Middlesex County on various charges of trespass and assault, and a far larger number were suspended from school, the President of Harvard College issued a statement to defend his actions. It judiciously began: "A series of trespasses having been recently committed upon the buildings and property of this seminary, of a most injurious and disgraceful character, accompanied by a succession of disturbances, extraordinary and without cause, or apology, it has been deemed the duty of the faculty to communicate to the parents or guardians of each member...
Then, a group of students took the issue up more directly. That evening an unknown number of students stole into the recitation room of Mr. Durkin to make their point. They made it with force. "The recitation room was wholly demolished," reported Moore, "all the glass broken--and all the furniture broken and thrown out the window." The College government was incensed by this outrage...
...suicide rate for college students is 50 per cent higher than for Americans in general of a comparable age, Dr. Ross said, adding that the number of suicides has been rising in both the high school and college age groups...