Word: upperclassmen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Miss Habein noted that a few 'Cliffe upperclassmen are not yet certain about their plans for next year and may still drop out over the summer. In addition, she said that in general some of the prospective freshmen decide to come here because they are only on the waiting list elsewhere. Thus, if they are finally admitted at some other college they will not choose Radcliffe...
...most vocal of the anti-expansion Faculty members was Elliott Perkins '23, Master of Lowell House. Considering the issue from the point of view of the Houses, Perkins said that there were 250 too many upperclassmen at present. If the College adds a tenth House, Perkins felt, it should be used to remove this many students from the existing buildings. He said that no House should have more than 400 students, in any case; and that the "esprit de corps" of the students would suffer if enrollment rose higher...
...lengthy, heavily attended RGA meeting yesterday, the rules committee presented its final proposal, which allows upperclassmen to sign out at any hour, including overnight. In addition, the plan liberalizes restrictions placed on first-term freshmen, extending the customary curfew until 11 p.m., and allowing more one o'clocks before the first exam period...
With respect to the rules change for freshmen, the HCUA Parietal Hours Subcommittee said that "since the freshmen are subject to the same rules and regulations as the upperclassmen, they should be allowed equal privileges." But the Committee considered permitting freshmen the same parietal hours as upperclassmen infeasible because of the "impossibility of having effective checkout stations at the numerous entries to the freshman dormitories." But since a Yard policeman regularly locks the common rooms at midnight anyway, a liberalization of the parietal hours in this area was held to be possible
...terms of the endowment deed to be fulfilled, he said, it will be necessary to change the Farnsworth collection include books which students to consider recreational reading. The freshmen, upperclassmen, graduate and Faculty members who announced the poll strongly endorsed humor, and 'new' books. Many favored a wider selection of science fiction, newspapers, art, and photography books in the Room...