Harvard University - Red Book Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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Glass Direetery Cb' tlze six lzundred and seoentygfve men registered in tlze Class of 1948, four lzundred and eight entered in 71401 1944, one lzundred and sixtyjour in November, eigbtyjour in Marelz lQ.gl5,' and nineteen served in tlze Navy V-I2 unit. Represented by tlze group are tlzirty-seven states, ,Puerto Rico, Canal Zone, Hawaii, Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, Cuba, Guatemala, Panama, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Argentina, England, and Iran. In tlze course of tlze year just hay Q' tlze Class entered tlze armed services, so that a very large proportion of tlze men pictured on tlze following pages will not be permanent members q' 1948, but will join future elasses as tlzey return to tlze College. I n the biographies tlzat follow, tlze letter fi indicates men wlzo registered in f7ubf,' tlie letter B, November, and the letter C, lllarelz.

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l'l'7'l!SlLIIlCl,Il, Had Book I9 than l'our times. 50'Z, thought they gave some helpful suggestions regarding course sehedules, but 37'Z, considered they re- ceived nothing more profitable from them than their signatures. Only l2'Z, felt that their relations with their advisers eould constitute a friendship. No question provoked a more inter- esting response than the one which asked, If you had the power, what would you do to improve the quality of education at llarvard? This aroused a wide range of comments on all conceivable themes, yet eertain points were brought up over and over again. The most prevalent suggestion -appearing on almost IOIZ, of the pollsy- was for an improvement in the quality of the section men, particularly in Math A and English A. Complaints against the food and the Freshman advisers were numerous and voeiferous. Below we present some of the more interesting and unusual eomments to show the diversity of the ideas considered. More rigorous athletie program. Inerease number of survey eourses. Plaee more contemporary novels in Widener. Provide easier ways to meet girls than at deb parties. Permit more young men with fresh ideas to get to the aeademie top. More compassionate deans. Compulsory study of fine arts. I Make greater distribution compulsory dur- ing the Freslinian year. lnerease the pay of instruetors. . Introduce more thinking, less memorizing in elementary eourses. Inerease time spent in elassroom, deerease amount of homework. Make possible greater intereourse between students and faculty. Stabilize Boston weather. llave examinations and grades only for those who want them. llave more personalized instruetion with smaller elasses and lower big, unwieldy leetures. Put ltadelilfe baek in ltadeliffe. Abandon the dietum for professors of 'fpublish or die. Give more ererlit for daily work, less for exams. Move out of Boston and vicinity. Promote more college spirit. Make attendance of elasses eompulsory. It would take a 1000-page treatise Cbanned in llostonj to handle this adequately. llave less red tape. No suggestions. I, like Elsie, am content. Steal the endowment. Improve the text books. Many seeond-rate books are being used merely because they were writ- ten by llarvard professors. Seleet professors more on their ability to team-li and less on their ponderous braln-power. What do you look for most in a date?

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ARNOLD LEWIS ABRAMS 562 Shirley Street Winthrop, lYI2lSS2l.0llllS0i3l1S Adams A Boston Letin Post Wan' Council ROBERT LAING ADAMS 3 Parker Street Mulflen, lVl:iss:u'lu1setts Commuter U Governor Dununer MANUEL AGUIRRE 850 Javier Muriutegui Linux, Peru Lowell C Colegio cle Salute Roszi AUGUSTO ALDRICH-DIAZ Pzulnil Street No. 2 Ceguns, Puerto Rico Aclzuns A Cnguns lligll Seliool llouse lizxselmllg Spuuisli Club GEORGE WHITAKER ALLEN Milleclgeville, Georgia Lowell A Georgia Militury College JAY COOKE MICHAEL ALLEN 209 East 48th Street New York, New York Lowell A Riverdale Country Sehool xp ' MALCOLM HENRY ALLEN, JR 23 Gzmlen Street Melrose, IYIILSS2Ll7llllSl!IfI,S Eliot V-12 Melrose lligli Ulnss Conunittee ALAN NATHANIEL ALPERN 43 Snlislmury Roaul Brookline, lYIlLSS!L0lIllSCiftiS Achuns A Brookline lligli Varsity 'l'ennis Squzul CHARLES OAKES AMES Laurel Ilollow Syosset, New York Amlnins A Milton ,'kf'11Cl0lllj' KARIM M. AMIRKHOSROVI S20 lfifth Avenue New York, New York Lowell C AlllCl'li'!lll llnivers Beirut DON ROGER ANDERSON ISS May Street lillmnhurst, Illinois Sff2LlNllSll ll York Conununityllu.,li GEORGE NATHAN APPELL Sinking Springs York, Peimsylvunin Stunclisli Il Phillips Exeter llouse llnsketlmll A l l ' 'Lili' 'Q . f' o'oo N - -if ---- -ff' rw fu I -- , s Lf' Q li f E 1- NC if l lx . I ' i Ef. , 1:-M .- 'LLL Y rg - -- V A , H f i EL ll Q L ' Ai , -1 , ---- M Y -