"It's dead in the water," he said. "I'm notsure who killed it."

The subcommittee's rejection means the proposalwill not be considered by the standing committeeon the Core, which canceled its February meeting.

"The meeting of the committee was canceledbecause of lack of business," Dean of the FacultyJeremy R. Knowles said in an interview Tuesday.

Lewis, who sets the agendae for the standingcommittee on the Core's meetings, said she had notincluded the history proposal because thesubcommittee had never approved the matter.

"It wasn't forwarded to be on the agenda fromthe Historical Study subcommittee," Lewis said.

Subcommittee members explained they had seriousreservations about the appropriateness of thecourses as Historical Studies offerings.

But the History Department could still havetime to get the proposal through the subcommittee.No subcommittee members have specified a deadline.

"They've just submitted a new proposal thisweek," said William E. Gienapp, a member of thesubcommittee. "We had talked about a previousproposal and asked for revisions."

"I'm going to try one more time," said Hankins."If they keep rejecting it, I'm not going to keepmy banging my head against it."

History Department Chair Thomas N. Bisson saidthe department continues to support includingHistory 10a and 10b as part of the Core.

"We're certainly still thinking in thatdirection," he said.

Sarah J. Schaffer contributed to thisreport.