Word: ought
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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There are a few other things that the buyer ought to realize if he is to get a good deal. Among them...
...page paper in lieu of the thesis. This plan would radically change the character of the honors program, and much opposition is expected. It can be defended on the grounds that writing a thesis is basically preparation for an academic career, although not all honors students expect to--or ought to--become professional historians. But the burden of proof still lies with the plan's proponents: they must show that the seminars will be of high enough quality and the requirements for the paper sufficiently rigorous to make the option a suitable alternative to the thesis...
...rights, a two thousand year old comedy that revolves around a debate between two dead Greeks ought to be dignified, sedate, oratorical, and utterly soporific. But the Dunster House production of Aristophanes' The Frogs is a surprisingly rollicking farce that barrels along through two painless hours, occasionally wobbling but never slowing down...
Despite these obvious drawbacks to the HPC's recommendations, the Faculty ought to consider them carefully. The remaining flaws in the proposals can easily be written out, although the HPC itself has eliminated nearly all possible abuses; the Faculty would need only set limits to the number of free courses a student can elect...
...discussions of these resolutions, has said the Faculty is interested in a pass-fail system of grading. They will withhold decision, however, until they have studied similar experiments undertaken this year at Princeton and Brown. But there can be little doubt that pass-fail grading, in some form, ought to be attempted here. Harvard students should not have to be so committed to concentrations that they cannot afford to take a chance. Gambling could prove to be the best kind of General Education...