Few Seniors Drop Theses To Get CLGS

Only a very small number of undergraduate honors candidates have dropped their theses for a Cum Laude in General Studies for the second consecutive year, Dean Monro said Wednesday.

The Administrative Board has been reviewing the controversial liberalized CLGS requirements throughout the year, he said, and now has the figures for most of the departments. It has not yet finished its discussion, however, and has not decided what course of action it will recommend to the Committee on Educational Policy.

Monro felt the Administrative board would probably finish its consideration of the liberalized degree in the next two weeks.

Last year, when the final statistics demonstrated that few seniors had dropped theses for the CLGS, most of the opposition to more liberal requirements melted away. Two of the major departments, government and economics, still indicated they intended to oppose the liberalized CLGS legislation when it came up for review next fall.

Monro said the main issue remained the "question of the deadline for registration" for the CLGS. A number of departments, he said, would still like to return to a deadline of December 1, after which an honors candidate could no longer switch from departmental honors to general honors.

Last fall, Monro promised the Faculty he would bring the entire question back for review this spring or next fall. He now feels it will be next fall.