Word: seniors
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Every Senior who is leaving at midyears as a draftee or a volunteer would like to have the comforting feeling of a Harvard diploma tucked under his arm. The Student Council's recent recommendation was that the Administration broaden its already-announced plans for '42 men who are "qualified." The problem is another example of the difficulties of accommodating peace-time values to war-time expediency. For it certainly is expedient that no member of '42 be forced to quit Harvard without a diploma, after seven-eighths of his work is completed. This is all the more true since...
...simply because a system of makeshifts, loosening of standards, and wholesale war degrees was hastily adopted. There should be no thought of awarding diplomas to anyone who has not fulfilled all the requirements. But on the other hand, there should be no stumbling blocks in the way of a Senior who is willing to cram for divisionals at midyears and to do extra reading for special exams or, papers which equal the work of the second half-year. In addition, the College may find other ways of giving legitimate course credits--for example, 1938-39 English 'A; CAA work done...
Punch & Reel. The enemy had struck its first blow. Only ten months ago Admiral Husband Edward Kimmel was jumped over 46 flag officers to take the senior job afloat in the U.S. Navy. It was a strange commentary on the memories of civilians and Navymen alike that after Port Arthur* this blow should have come as a surprise. Long before Hitler, the Japanese Navy had shown what the swift thrust, before declaration of war, could...
...case of a Junior or Senior not on the Dean's List whose last class before or first class after the Christmas recess is in a course in which attendance is regularly taken, absence will not mean immediate disciplinary action, but such absences will naturally be regarded as an indication of neglect of work if a student's record becomes unsatisfactory...
Fesler, who resigned his post as Crimson Varsity hoop mentor last year to become head coach of football and basketball at Wesleyan, will be out to defeat his former charges, including five Senior veterans who learned basketball under him for two years. They are Captain Bud Finegan, Joe Romano, Ed Buckley, Bill Webber, and Ed Rothschild...