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...Tenth House Committee has shown encouraging initiative in requesting student suggestions on anything "from the placement of electric sockets to profound philosophical matters." The Tenth House is drastically needed to case overcrowding in the other nine Houses. Careful planning by the Committee can assure that the House will not only serve its "dormitory functions," but will also include the best features of Harvard's relatively successful House system. With careful planning, in fact, the Tenth House can improve on the few good Houses in the Present system...
...There's a good chance that the Doty Committee may talk forever about General Education," Edward T. Wilcox, director of advanced placement and freshman seminars, told the RGA's Cedar Hill Conference yesterday...
Ullman emphasized that the Committee is open to all kinds of suggestions, "from the placement of electric sockets to profound philosophical matters." He said all suggestions would be considered in planning the tenth House...
However, students entering Harvard as freshmen cannot do this even if they are granted advanced placement in one or two subjects and do advanced work while undergraduates...
Died. John H. ("Jack") Minds, 92, fullback on the 1894-97 Pennsylvania elevens that won 55 of 56 games, who against Harvard kicked football's first point after touchdown from placement, was the first to make an art of hiding the ball, the first to use the "coffin-corner" kick, became a Walter Camp All-American by scoring 15 touchdowns, two field goals, 27 extra points in 1897, a record that would be impressive even in today's high scoring game; in Philadelphia...