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Defects in the present system justify the change. The current program requires either a six-hour general examination or a one-hour oral. The written exam is administered only to non-honors concentrators, in spring of senior year. It is subdivided into a general and a special section--the former assessing the student's general comprehension and the latter testing his knowledge of one of the four areas of specialization...
...committee, consisting of himself, President Pusey, two members of a related Harvard department, and three delegates from the History Departments of other universities, usually Columbia, Brandeis, or Tufts. With such a broad membership one of the committeemen frequently knows the candidate personally. The committee receives both written and oral testimony in an effort to determine if the nomination is in the area in which the department is most deficient and if the candidate is the best possible choice...
...half-dozen kinds of oral contraceptives already on the U.S. market, all of which work on essentially the same principle, yet another was added last week. This one, say the manufacturers, works differently...
...Daisy's dance floor is surrounded by tables and black leather armchairs that swivel-for obvious reasons. Handsome crystal chandeliers illuminate the bar, an elaborately carved pool table graces a paneled billiard room where baseball's Leo Durocher conducts a highly oral brand of psychological warfare against such regulars as Actor Peter Falk. After the 2 a.m. curfew on drinks (but not dancing), free coffee and fresh fruit are provided. But no other food is ever served and no money changes hands; members sign their bills at the end of the evening. On Saturday nights, the Sunday papers...
...Social Relations Department employs the same scheme of thesis and orals. Kenneth J. Gergen, assistant professor of Social Psychology, said he though the system was "an excellent idea." The oral exam, he commented, "gives the student a much closer contact with a number of Faculty members who carefully review his work...