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...turn into the opinions of the three or four men who are writing them, and little attempt is made to divine general undergraduate opinion. Reports could be much better executed under a special student committee chosen by the Masters and Senior Tutors. This committee would include at least one person who has taken a survey methods course, and at the request of the Administration or a few students, would take a scientific survey and write well-planned reports representative of student views. These would be prepared without discussion of censuring clubs, haggling over changes in procedures, and doubt...
...often, these failures result in the greatest rewards, and we end up learning from the risks that gave rise to them. When I wrote my application to Harvard, I tried to communicate that I was a happy and confident person. I believed myself happy and confident back then, but the extent to which I know myself is much deeper today. In choosing to come here, I made the decision to take myself out of the environment I was familiar with and go somewhere where I would not know everything. I lived with a diverse group of people I love...
...Reporting on the first day of integration, Watson noted in his article, “The only person who resisted actively this morning, trying to seize a paratrooper’s rifle, found himself quickly knocked to the ground, covered with blood, and at the mercy of four soldiers with drawn bayonets...
...Crimson article in May 1958 contended, “Whereas helping the needy student may be the agency’s objective, it tends to become lost in the realities of the business world. The result is that the person with that great intangible, ‘business incentive’, is rewarded for his efforts apart from any financial need he may have...
...Harvard decided to go ahead with the speech, and so, on Commencement day, while Mexican writer and ambassador Carlos Fuentes was the one to speak in person at the ceremonies, he shared an honorary podium with Walesa, as then-University President Derek C. Bok read excerpts of a text sent by the Polish revolutionary...