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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Perhaps a word as to the reason for the existence of the proctorial system at Harvard may not be malapropos. In short, the success of an honor system invariably depends upon solidarity of student opinion, which in turn presupposes a unified undergraduate body. At Harvard neither exists. The experiments with honor systems at certain other large universities have often been far from successful, and have shown that all concerned are much happier with proctors in charge of examinations...
...following deserve particular attention. Books, notebooks and papers shall not be brought to an examination room. If they are so brought, they shall be left at the front of the room before the start of the examination. No communication is permitted during the course of an examination. No student who appears more than five minutes late shall be admitted to an examination without the consent of the instructor or of the Dean or an Assistant Dean...
McGovern lives at 27 Moyston Street, Schenectady, New York. Before coming to Harvard he prepared at the Halsey Grammar School and also attended the Schenectady High School. While a student in the College he has participated in a number of undergraduate activities. During his Freshman year he became a member of the Glee Club and was also a member of the Instrumental Club, as well as being on the Freshman track squad...
There are four activities, however, which are authorized by the Law School, and in which all eligible law men are encouraged to take part: The Law Review Board, the Student Advisory Committee, the Legal Aid Bureau, and the Law Clubs, including the Ames Competition. Men for the first three are chosen according to their rank as fixed by the annual examinations. while the Law Clubs are open to all members of the Law School...
...made; and, as the emphasis on matters academic enlarges, the desire, and indeed the possibility, of participation in the wide field ranging from athletics to music and literary work, is lessened. Unquestionably the verdict for scholarship is a just one. Still, no one yet expects from the college student the singleness, of scholastic purpose teat characterizes the graduate; and the present mean is one beyond which the administration's requirements can go but little without weighing down The scale toward a college life perhaps too strictly academic...