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...absence from the College in September of 1941—the beginning of what would have been his senior year—to enlist in the Navy. War seemed imminent, he said, and he wanted to get flight training before the experienced instructors got “thinned out?? by a large influx of recruits...
Pagett says the first core course will be tried out??on an elective basis—next spring, addressing a general topic pertaining to education...
...after the Corporation handed down its decision, hundreds of students staged a “sit-out?? and picketed outside University Hall, forcing the building’s closure...
After all, Carswell’s fear of “flunking out?? of Harvard (or even of receiving poor grades) is hardly a concern for today’s undergraduate. Thanks to wondrous advances in the field of grade inflation, the “average” Harvard student will graduate with at least a 3.0 and, in many cases, will do so without straining any cerebral muscles in the process. The Gentleman’s C of yesteryear has become the Gentleperson’s A-/B+ of this generation. Sadly for academic purists and happily...
...There are no known communists on the Harvard staff,” Conant said, adding that he hoped that the government would “ferret out?? communists devoted to subversive activity. He would not support the appointment of a communist adherent in any educational environment, he said...