But in doing away with what had long been an intellectual blight, a mockery of any attempt to put meaning in the word "tutorial," the CEP offered as a replacement a program of dubious merit. Whereas the final status of non-Honors tutorial is still in doubt--since each Department will have its own way of dealing with it--it is at least obvious that in time some genuine content will be given non-Honors tutorial.

Also in doubt is the entire question of independent study and increased senior Faculty participation in tutorial. But doubt remains, not because the Faculty has been hesitant about adopting the CEP's recommendations, but because these recommendations must first be made into concrete reforms by each Department. And here a great latitude for the exercise both of wisdom and wit exists.

The new experiment has hardly begun, but as each Department initiates its reforms one will soon be able to evaluate in a more sober maner the program which marks the start of a new wave of educational reform at Harvard. On this score, two factors--one unfortunate, one heartening--emerge as serious facets of the new look of Harvard education.

Since education requires students, and the broad provisions of the CEP's report require outstanding, academically motivated students, the processes whereby Harvard selects her undergraduates will in time and by necessity come under closer and more critical scrutiny. Already it is clear that an obvious hypocrisy is perpetrated by the Admissions Office's enduring attachment to the man of "character" as opposed to the grind. Too often the men of "character" turn out to be merely pleasant fellows who are intellectually alone at Harvard.

If Harvard is to commit herself to an "Honors for all" program, in all fairness to the undergraduates she has the obligation to accept only those most likely to benefit from Honors work. It is a hard choice to make between the athlete and the grind, but this choice is the test of the University's seriousness of intent relative to upgrading Harvard education.

The heartening factor concerns money, and it will take a great deal of it to finance the program outlined by the CEP report. A recent gift of $100,000 from Procter and Gamble to the Program for Harvard College has been ear-marked for the Honors Program Fund, and this hopefully is the first of many steps towards financing what in future years may prove to be the most significant development in education since education became General