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...however, we see the obvious wisdom of the new program, in which freshmen never have to leave the Yard except for classes, and in which each freshman, along with five or six of his or her peers, will be assigned to an upperclass adviser. No longer will freshmen be confronted by a confusing diversity of opinions about which concentrations, classes, instructors, and extra curricular activities are most interesting, fun, and profitable--each will get one straight story from his or her assigned adviser...
...couldn't agree more with Dean Moses that the upperclass advisers should not be academic counselors, since each freshman has already been assigned an academic adviser, and "we don't want students doing what they aren't trained to do." My own freshman proctor was a Yalie who had never taken a Harvard course, and who, as you might imagine, was enormously helpful to me in sorting out the subtleties of the undergraduate experience at Harvard. The absurdity of thinking that upperclass students who had taken the courses here recently might have any real knowledge about what they learned...
...program to provide freshmen with upperclass advisers will begin next week with 260 upperclassmen and 1200 freshmen participating, an organizer of the program said yesterday...
...really think for a minute that you had anyone fooled? That maybe you were enjoying it here after the capital punishment they call Freshman Week? Or, even more pathetic, that you've got all the cool, upperclass knowledge of courses because you attended a few low-numbered vocational lectures yesterday...
...orchestra members were also allowed to register Tuesday because they will not be able to attend upperclass registration tomorrow...