Word: advisor
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...president, Felix Knauth '18, of New York City; vice-president, Ralph Hall Howe '19, of Hyde Park; secretary, Henry Estes Small '19, of Plainfield, N. J.; treasurer, Dominic William Rich '18, of New York City, and Assistant Professor Robert Howard Lord '06, of the History Department, graduate advisor...
This reciprocal influence we often lack at Harvard. Men in higher courses are likely to receive it, but it does not filter down to the ordinary undergraduate. The advisor system has usually failed to provide it. Other colleges have tried the plan of holding departmental smokers where the teachers can talk informally with their students and where the flow of ideas is unrestricted. This, of course, offers only an opening, which he must follow...
...from men who know the ropes would be of inestimable value. Most of the mistakes a man makes in College are due to ignorance, and it was to eliminate this sort of mistakes that the advisory system was evolved. Provided the new men will meet them half way, the advisor can generally be trusted to do his part, and if both men really make an effort to come closer together the benefit is sure to be mutual...
...Coolidge '17, president of the Senior Class, will talk on the general subject of athletics; W. H. Meeker '17, managing editor of the CRIMSON, will discuss the Senior Advisor system and the opportunities for work offered by the various College publications, and D. M. Little, Jr., '18, secretary of the Union, will speak about the Union, its foundation and history, and the advantages to be gained by becoming one of its members...
...Bailey, Medical Advisor, daily 8.30-9.30; 5-6, Thayer...