Word: specialize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...question of the commuting student has been the subject of more than twenty-five years of discussion at Harvard, and as recently as a few years ago, there were still those who felt the special "problem" of the commuter could best be resolved simply by allowing the Houses to adopt all non-residents...
Happily for Harvard and for the non-resident the reaction to this proposal was negative, and the decision has been made to allow the non-resident to keep his special place in the College with his own individuality and his own House. It is now the task of the Administration and the non-residents, working together, to seek ways to improve life of the non-resident in the College. Despite the failure to date of our appeal for funds to build a center for commuters worthy of the name "House," this goal is still very much in mind. If Harvard...
...aspect of this planning, President Pusey mentions the "individuality" of non-residents, referring to their special place within the House system. For almost thirty years, two proposals have dominated the discussion on how to integrate commuters into the "life of the College." On the one hand, Dean Bender suggests affiliation of all commuters with the residential Houses as a desirable possibility. Worried about the "isolation" of commuting students, Bender objects to their being "sequestered in a place like Dudley on the basis of economics and geography...
...physically make room for extra seats in the dining room, common room, and library, why not a supercargo of 'forgotten men' who, for a proper fee, can become attached to a selected House, grow up with it for three years, and take part in weekday luncheons, House athletics, special dinners, and social gatherings? In other words, become a recognized part of the House for all but breakfast, routine dinner, evening study, and sleeping quarters...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., May 4--The county grand jury will go into special session Wednesday to consider the case of four white men charged with raping a Negro coed...