Word: bennington
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...study plan, arranged according to her educational desires. This is one of the best-loved of the progressive ideas. In most courses the nature of the work undertaken is mapped out by both students and the professor at the beginning of the year. This freedom imposes many responsibilities, but Bennington students meet them honestly. The Harvard undergraduate, with his often lackadaisical approach in required reading, would be against at the amount of work most Bennington girls grind out every evening. There are few distractions on weekdays. On week ends, the distraction embraces Williams men who roll into Bennington with their...
...Bennington faculty deserves mention for the amount of work required of each professor, generally two course, five to ten tutees, and a great deal of informal intellectual activity. Bennington professors have no contracts with the college; if student don't like them, they usually wash out. In answer to the charge that professors must feel a bit uneasy as the end of the year approaches. Burkhardt says that once a professor is accepted, he almost always gets the yearly nod from his students. Student opinion about tenure is expressed merely by waling up to college trustees and talking...
...Government is planning to make a movie of Bennington as "the typical girls college...
Soft ball, tennis, hiking, cycling, riding, and occasional field hockey games theoretically take the place of athletics. President Burkhardt admits, however, that "exercise at Bennington is below average...
...Basically she is intelligent, happy, busy. In terms of a liberal education she is pretty chaotic and ought to be pinned down carefully to performance compatible with her abilities. It is no kindness to her to let her breeze through Bennington on cliches and a happy smile...