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Actually, the only substantial disadvantage to Claverly has been its Siberian stigma. The rooms are as good, and the walk to classes actually shorter than from the Houses. But because Claverly in recent years has been filled with cast-offs from the House Selection process, the idea across that the "outhousers" were to be scorned...
This new rule in the latest step in the plan to integrate Claverly Hall into the House system and remove the stigma of assignments to the so-called "Outhouse" by dividing the Hall into official House "entries...
...Painful Dentists. Dentistry, says Harlem Hospital's Dr. Jules Weinstein, may offer more scope for hypnosis than any other branch of medicine, because 1) nearly all dental operations are painful; 2) the patient usually has to go back for more; and 3) "dentistry retains the taint and stigma of its early . . . crude and torturing methods." But patients who can get by without hypnosis should not have it, says Dr. Weinstein; it should be reserved for those who feel that they need it because they cannot face up to the pain of even routine dental work, and for others...
This is the latest joint move on the part of the Housemasters and Dean Office to remove the so-called "stigma" of being in Claverly by officially accepting all House applications. As Watson said the purpose is "to make students feel they belong to a House and are not just outsiders...
Because of this stigma, plus the rather concentrated work of the Committee, few seniors run in the Class Committee election. This year, for example, only 19 names and faces will appear on the Class Day ballot compared to 71 for the Permanent Class election. This is illogical since the two groups are quite similar in character: they are both service committees, and the qualifications--competence and the confidence of the graduating class--are the same...