CEP Approves Increased Break Between Semesters

The Committee on Educational Policy yesterday approved a calendar revision originated by the Student Council adding two free days between semesters and lengthening the winter reading period, at the expense of the spring term and the spring reading period.

The revision schedule, which is a modification of the Council's program, will now go before the Faculty of Arts and Sciences for approval at its next meeting in three weeks. If this group approves, which it almost certainly will, the proposal will then go to the Corporation for final certification.

In accordance with the CEP's plan, the new school year will have two more days in the winter reading period, and mid-year exams will end on a Wednesday. Registration for the spring term will not occur until the following Monday.

The spring term will have two fewer class days. Patriots Day will be dropped as a holiday, if state laws permit, and one day will be taken from the spring reading period. In the event that the state demands the observance of Patriots Day, an additional day will be removed from the reading period.

Abramson Approves

The original Council proposal called for the insertion of three rather than two days between terms, all to be taken from the spring reading period. It contained no suggested modifications of the winter reading period.

Edward M. Abramson '57, president of the Student Council, said last night with reference to the CEP's action that he was "heartened by this reassurance of the widely acclaimed Harvard liberal tradition, and at the same time, grateful for the opportunity to serve the cause of improved undergraduate education in this modest but significant manner."