Word: brinton
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...much interested in an article which appeared in the CRIMSON on last Saturday, May 16, in which the methods and manners of Oxford tutors were described with kindly justice by Dr. Brinton. His rapid and clear survey gives a vivid picture of Oxford life and it is a considerable achievement to have simplified without distortion the mass of inconsistencies and inefficiencies which is Oxford. I can only recall one neater sketch. It is this...
...Brinton is more benevolent than this anonymous satirist--perhaps more benevolent than accurate in his praise of college beer. But then, I should remember that dryness lends enchantment to the taste, if you will pardon the truism...
...general, I think Dr. Brinton exaggerates the dangers of distribution and concentration at Oxford. The general essays he describes as existing at one of the best colleges (for which adjective I thank him) are not meant to contradict the general principle of relating all studies to one main field, such as history or philosophy. We assume, perhaps rashly, that men who seek honors do not spend all their working hours on studies that are prostituted to the requirements of their final examinations, and that they find relief in other aspects of thought, art, or literature. We then more rashly assume...
...Brinton's article also makes clear the fact that the problem of obtaining good tutors is one common to both Harvard and Oxford. Here the taste is more difficult because there is no tradition of tutoring. The impatience of undergraduates with the slow development of the tutorial system is but natural; yet it must be admitted that development has been almost as rapid as the solution of the problems of adaptation and tutors has admitted. To press boldly for great changes, however, is often the quickest means of obtaining some advance. Undergraduates, therefore, will probably insist more and more that...
...following special article was written for the Crimson by Clarence Crane Brinton, Ph.D. Dr. Brinton graduated from Harvard in 1919 and later pursued his education at Oxford University. He is now an instructor and Tutor in the department of History at the University...