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Word: selecton (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...committee that drafted the new Bicker proposals objects to the system's selectivity. "Built upon the selecton process, the hierarchy is the testament to the ethic generated by Bicker--the nebulous concept of 'coolness,'" the proposal reads. What the committee wants is a system similar to Harvard's House application system. Sophomores would list their first three club preferences, which would be respected as much as possible. The effect, of course, would be to make the clubs far more heterogeneous. The proposal would destroy the hierarchy, and a lot of the trauma of the Bicker ordeal. But it would also...

Author: By James K. Glassman, | Title: The Gentlemanly Revolt at Princeton Fails | 1/18/1967 | See Source »

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