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That day has come. The Houses are clearly overcrowded. Although every bit of existing space is used, some 150 students must be shunted off to Claverly. Whether you call Claverly a Hall or a House Annex, it still has a stigma for those who live there. An eighth House would eliminate the Claverly problem; it would also alleviate some of the worst cases of crowding in the other Houses. And by the time a new House would become a reality, the yearly admissions rise could fill the rest...
Since the proctors do provide these services, and are trained to handle trouble with a minimum of shouting and shoving, they are fairly well liked. Their plain clothing does not attach the stigma of police to them; but at the same time, Kopliner insists that, while on duty, they always wear hats. Since few students wear them on the Princeton campus, "hats" has become both a nickname and trademark for the proctors. While they continue to provide a broad-shouldered, benevolent curb to party spirits, and while the care and comfort of students is the main industry of the Princeton...
Nevertheless, the Review Board branded Radulovich with the stigma of disenrollment for security reasons. This means that his future as a physicist will be limited to positions of little trust and less national value. The government does not hire physicists whose loyalty status, even by implication, is poor, and private industry is almost as severe in awarding choice jobs. Despite his personal clearance, and seven year service in the Air Force Reserve, to many people his release will always be tantamount to a dishonorable discharge. And he will always be considered a security risk...
...Well-meaning efforts to free victims of cerebral palsy from the stigma of mental inferiority have gone too far, said Manhattan Psychologist Harold Michal-Smith. Granted that the two conditions do not always go together, he said, they often do, and unless this fact is faced squarely, the retarded victims do not get the special schooling which can help them greatly...
Under the new plan, this sigma will quickly disappear. For Claverly residents, chosen deliberately to be as capable in the various fields of undergraduate endeavor as the rest of their class, will soon destroy the stereotype. Once the stigma is gone, the main difficulty a Claverly resident finds in participating in the life of his chosen House will disappear. He will stand for House committee election and play House sports without the assumption that he is at the bottom of his class. Grouping Claverly residents by Houses will also aid this adjustment, for they will be bona-fide House members...