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Creeping paralysis, one of the deadliest diseases of legislative inquiry, has felled many a Harvard committee. The committee on parietal rules that was born in the Student Council chamber Monday night must not be allowed to succumb. Just by staying alive, it can do a valuable service in pointing up the impracticality and inequity of the present entertainment setup...
...dubious value when applied to upperclass undergraduates. Where the Administration draws a line between undergraduates and graduates, we would draw a line between freshmen and all other students. The freshman has just escaped the more rigid discipline of the school and the home; he is likely to succumb to the heady influence of freedoms which are perfectly reasonable for the upperclassman. The University recognizes this fact by requiring him to do a certain amount of exercise, by taking attendance at classes, and in several other ways. But, while the University relaxes these stricter requirements when the freshman becomes a sophomore...
Besides making changes in its syllabus, the popular elementary course will also succumb to the fashion of joint instruction...
Besides making changes in its syllabus, the popular elementary course will also succumb to the fashion of joint instruction...
...stupidest thing women do is to continually succumb to changing fashions," grumbled Lady Astor in London. "What would we say if men changed the length of their trousers every year...