Thie Week in Amherst History: Oct. 16, 1969

Some 200 students gathered in front of Frost Library at 8:30 a.m. on Oct. 15 to hear music and impromptu speeches by members of the faculty. “Urging Amherst students to unite under the slogan, ‘Stop the War Now,’ Professor [of English Leo] Marx reminded them that ‘the whole world is watching American college students today,” The Student reported. Following the speeches, students left Amherst for a day of canvassing in Northampton and South Hadley. At 4 p.m., over 5,000 students, faculty and tow

This Week in Amherst History: September 18, 1967

“[The faculty chose] to reduce the number of categories into which a student can be placed, to get away from the fine distinctions between 83 and 84 and set up a single value for failure,” said Dean of the Faculty Prosser Gifford. “There are at present 59 different ways of failing.” “The grades earned under the old grading system stand and will not be affected by the new grading system,” said Registrar Robert F. Grosse. Students’ cumulative averages, however, were converted to conform to the fa