Word: sectional
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Cross-Section Aimed...
...picking applicants, Housemasters attempt roughly to choose a cross-section of the class; in this they are aided by the Central Committee on House Admissions, which provides them with a table showing the make-up of the class according to such criteria as concentration fields, schools, and academic standing...
Although the Houses aim at a cross-section as a desirable goal, they nevertheless differ considerably in composition. For example, Eliot House at present has a larger proportion of men from the "exclusive" private schools than the other Houses, and Lowell has a larger percentage in the upper reaches of the rank list than has the college as a whole. These are indications of certain differences in entrance criteria, although the Housemasters have declined to state these discrepancies, since such a revelation might smack of competitive advertising...
...good they are. The Committee's chief function is to take the names of the men not admitted by the House of their first choice and bring these names to the attention of under-applied Houses, with the end in view of aiding Housemasters to achieve an approximate cross-section...
When Flagler donated the money in 1931 for the construction of a section of Widener to be devoted entirely to verse, he did so with the understanding that when the University saw fit to vacate the adjoining room, it would be added to the Poetry Room...