Word: seniors
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...mentioned in its original recommendation to the Faculty are of a weak and answerable nature. The plan, they say, would "place a heavy burden on the faculty." This burden can mean nothing more than the trouble of drumming up two sets of Generals hard enough to stump a Harvard Senior. But surely it will not overtax the professional chefs to cook up just one extra set of exams for mid-years of 1942. The present Freshmen, Sophomores and Juniors will not be a problem, since they can use the three-year acceleration program...
...does it throw light on the situation to say that this plan would "lead to an interruption of course work during the first half of the year." The dozen or so Seniors who will be eligible must be "exceptional cases" in the first place. And "exceptional cases" is simply another way of saying can otherwise complete their degree requirements." No man will be allowed to take his Generals at mid-years unless he is able, scholastically, to finish all the necessary courses ordinarily required of a four-year student. It will only disrupt the first half year to the extent...
...other seeded players have all reached the quarter final round with comparatively easy matches. The lone exception was Al Everts, defending champion, who barely squeezed out of a three set struggle with Lin Burton, unseeded Senior entrant. Everts was far from his usual form in this match as the 7-5, 6-8, 6-3 score would indicate...
...being placed on it in the individual door-to-door contacts. Lack of enthusiasm in the upper classes was scored, but Bunker pointed out that the disparity in total pledges is partly explained by the fact that the Freshman class is the largest, nearly twice the size of the Senior group...
Following in the footsteps of the Senior Album, the Red Book has decided to run competitions in the expectation of weeding out poor editors and coaxing better work from those who remain, George Hooper '45, Chairman of the Red Book, stated last night...