How do I remove the "Approved for the division page" without running into an error?

[Marcy Shieh]

I want to take the "Approved for the division page" out, but whenever I remove the LaTeX from those pages, my file fails to knit.

Whenever I remove this from reedthesis.cls:

  {\fontsize{12}{14}
  \setbox0=\hbox{Approved for the \@approvedforthe}
  % \thispagestyle{empty}
  \null\vfil		% just below center of page
  \par\vskip 6cm	% below center, not center
  \centerline{\copy0}	% approved
  \centerline{(\@department)} %major
  \vskip 1cm		%space to sign
  \centerline{\makebox[\wd0][c]{\hrulefill}
	\if@altadvisor \makebox[.5in]{} \makebox[\wd0][c]{\hrulefill} \fi}
  \centerline{\makebox[\wd0][c]{\@advisor}
	\if@altadvisor \makebox[.5in]{} \makebox[\wd0][c]{\@altadvisor} \fi}
  \par\vfil\null}
  }
}

I get the following error:

! File ended while scanning use of \@argdef.
<inserted text> 
                \par 
l.33 \usepackage
                {graphicx,latexsym} 

Error: LaTeX failed to compile thesis.tex. See https://yihui.org/tinytex/r/#debugging for debugging tips. See thesis.log for more info.
Execution halted

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