Departments Sanction Language Hour Exams At New Morning Time

The language department's tentative plan to hold 8 a.m. hour exams in some of the basic courses in French, German, and Spanish will go into effect this fall, Sargent Kennedy, Registrar of the college, revealed yesterday.

Hour exams in freshman language courses were previously held at 4:30 p.m. Because of conflict with labs, athletics, and ROTC, however, the Committee on Educational Policy and the Faculty of the language department voted for early morning exams instead.

Roger W. Shattuck, instructor in French F and Ca, admitted that he was not too pleased with the early exams, but that there must be some reasons, for the change. Defending the plan, Sargent Kennedy brought up the fact that Harvard is one of the few universities which does not have regular 8 a.m. classes.

Thomas R. Hart, Jr., Instructor in Romance Languages and Literatures, was worried that Radcliffe and Harvard students, used to leading, a soft life with no afternoon or weekend classes, might "wander" into class at 8:15, thereby missing part of the exam.

"It wasn't my idea, but I get up at 7:00 anyway," he added.

When the Committee also discussed installing the plan in the literature courses, it was vetoed. Edward Glaser, Instructor in Romance Languages and lecturer in Spanish 10, commented that an hour exam at 8 a.m. would be given at 4:30 p.m. as previously.