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Meanwhile, it was learned that not all scientists had voted for the Thimann Report--a proposal to abolish non-honors study in Biochem--as first had been indicated. In fact, Frank M. Carpenter, chairman of the Biology Department, said "I am under the impression that more members of the Biology Department were opposed to it than favored...
Taylor A. Steeves, chairman of the committee, said his group therefore recommended that the Thimann proposal be defeated. "Our first consideration is the educational program," he said. "Overloading advisers is a secondary consideration, but since it affects a large department, it indirectly affects the educational program...
...committee that investigated the field this fall found that because of the large number of elementary courses counted for non-honors concentration, the student "scarcely concentrates at all," the committee's chairman, Kenneth V. Thimann professor of Biology, said yesterday...
...Thimann explained that the honors work in the field was very valuable, especially praising the thesis work done by honors candidates. But he emphasized that because of the introductory nature of most of the courses in the field, the non-honors concentrator does "not get anywhere near the frontiers of knowledge," and therefore does not have the deep background in one subject that is a primary aim of Harvard education...
...Uhle, assistant professor of Chemistry, received $12,000 from the Foundation for research in Chemistry, and L. V. Thimann, professor of Biology, received $34,000 for research in Regulatory Biology...