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...Bevington is seemingly undisturbed about the prospect of living in a dorm with 110 girls. He and his wife have served as tutor affiliates of Moors and are a familiar sight at Tuesday night dinner. "The more we go, the more at home we feel," he noted...
Familiar with eating at both Harvard and Radcliffe, Bevington noted with regret that at Radcliffe, where student waitresses are anxious to clear the tables in a hurry, the girls are less likely to linger over their meals in serious conversation--"education through free-wheeling discussion," he termed it. "One of the most wonderful things in the Harvard House system is mealtime," he stated. "I usually find I stay an hour for lunch, and that's good. The level of discussion in Harvard Houses is apt to be very high...
...Bevington recognizes that the presence of resident tutors in the Houses stimulates intellectual conversation, and he has high praise for the Moors' tutor affiliate program. He would like to see the dormitories adapt more of the practices of the Houses, and he admits that one possibility would be affiliation of dorms and Houses, such as has taken place between Com-stock and Winthrop, and Holmes and Quincy...
...Bevington, who will have tutees both in Moors and Kirkland next year, is a firm advocate of mixed tutorial groups. He quoted William Alfred as saying, "If you get a group of boys together, they all go to sleep on you. If you get a group of girls together, they take notes." Bevington will be directing at least one senior honors thesis in Moors next year...
Before taking up residence at Moors, where 100 feet of bookshelves are being installed at their request, the Bevingtons will spend the summer in England, with a week or so on the Continent. While in England, the Bevingtons plan to do some writing and studying, as well as traveling. Bevington said, "I've got to read a lot of Henry James," then corrected himself, "I want to read a lot of Henry James...