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...Skiddy Von Stade, dean of freshman, belongs to that strong minority at the College that believes that the current way freshmen go about selecting their House--and the House selecting them--is a stupid, and even dangerous, waste of time...
...This is the time of year when the freshmen should be thinking about their fields of concentration and hour exams. Instead, the choice of a House becomes Topic A to the exclusion of everything else," Von Stade complains. Moreover, those who don't get their first choice--40 per cent last year--or one of their top three choices--20 per cent last year--unnecessarily feel rejected, after in many cases they've received warm welcomes during interviews," he adds...
...replace the present ritual of "April Chaos"--the complicated process of bartering and raiding by which Masters fill their quotas--Von Stade suggests a more peaceful procedure: an "anonymous" committee would relieve the Masters of their selection duties. Freshmen would still be able to apply in roommate groups, but they would express no House choice. Left essentially unchanged would be the intricate formula that restricts each House to a certain number of Group One students, preppies, jocks, and other personality types. The new committee would attempt to create the same rough balance in each House that the Masters now labor...
Ronald L. Trosper '67, of Dunster House and Milwnukee. Wis., has been named the Wendell Scholar for 1964-65. F. Skiddy von Stade Jr. '33. Dean of Freshmen, announced yesterday...
Dean of Freshmen F. Skiddy von Stade Jr. '38, a long time friend of the Williams family, said last night that he had been shocked to hear the news from Williams' father Thursday morning. "Lou was one of the most remarkably versatile, intelligent, wonderful human beings I've ever known," he added...