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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...recitation. The degree requirements in the College ask only that the student compile 32 semester credits of a total of 128 in his major field; there are no general examinations. Although students evince great conscientiousness about class attendance--perhaps since the administration permits only six cuts per course per term--intellectual concern does not extend to the dormitories, dining halls, and fraternities. Many intelligent students complain about the lack of intellectual companionship and challenge outside of class. The loud blare of popular music fills...
...never be possible to institute individual conferences instead of sections (Harold Martin, Director of Gen Ed A, stresses that the number of personnel that can be recruited is limited) there is need for more individual consultation than now exists. Perhaps experiments in decreasing the number of sections per term in order increase time for student-instructor conferences would help strengthen teaching...
...presides at its meetings. Except as parliamentarian, however, he possesses no position of leadership, as his vote counts no more than that of any other Councillor, and since he has only a Councillor's responsibility for initiating action. By 18 years' precedent, Cambridge mayors serve only one two-year term...
...City Council, CCA-endorsed incumbents include former Mayor Joseph A. DeGuglielmo '29, former Mayor Edward A. Crane '35, Mrs. Pearl K. Wise, and Mrs. Cornelia B. Wheeler. Present Mayor Thomas M. McNamara often voted with these Councillors during his two-year term, frequently giving the CCA a slim majority on the Council. Yet solidarity among the CCA bloc is by no means assured, and is frequently non-existent...
...exaggerated in scope. Such statements as, "Every student who signs the affidavit in effect forfeits the liberty of thought and expression guaranteed in the Bill of Rights... Should the slightest revolutionary idea enter his head, he commits a felony under the law," led one member of the Council to term the report "immaturely worded, overstated, and superficial...