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...Franklin ideal and the largely self-styled "spirit of Pennsylvania"--show at once both the best and worst of the Philadelphia university. On the one hand there is the recognition of the value of learning as shown in the laudable efforts of president Gaylord P. Harnwell to raise the school's standards. On the other, many students refuse to grow up; this immaturity, born in the undergraduate body and often unwittingly cultivated by the faculty and administration, makes the University of Pennsylvania seem at times like high school revisited...
...twelve colleges give Harnwell much room to apply his theories. In addition to the Arts and Sciences school and its women's counterpart, Harnwell presides over the School of Chemical Engineering, the School of Civil Engineering, the Moore School of Electrical Engineering, the School of Mechanical Engineering, the School of Metallurgical Engineering, the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, the School of Education, the School of Fine Arts, the School of Nursing, and the School of Allied Medical Professions...
Wharton has, for a long time, served as Penn's focal point, both in sheer number and in outlook; and it is in the business school that the next major changes initiated by the Survey will probably take place. In the past five years, however, more emphasis has been placed on the College of Arts and Sciences. This fall, for the first time, freshmen in the College outnumber Wharton matriculatants, and Admissions Director Robert H. Pitt II predicts that the balance of the entire University will eventually shift toward Arts and Sciences...
Ultimately, those concerned with the Survey are aiming at increased fluidity in the years of undergraduate and graduate education. "We want to break down the division between the College and grad school," Bradley says. To achieve this end, every student prepares a senior essay, and Honors candidates must complete an ambitious paper, equivalent in depth and difficulty to a Master's thesis...
...with the new Council and Mayor to see what they do with Cambridge's oldest most famous, and certainly very valuable institution -- Harvard. Tuesday's election could make a great difference along this line.Councillor JOSEPH A. DeGUGLIELMO '29 (right) confers with JUDSON T. SHAPLIN '42, former member of the School Committee...