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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's article brings out defects in the Oxford system which have carefully been avoided here. The English university student comes in contact with only one trained mind in the course of his term, that of his tutor. Under the present system here the student may still come in contact, if only through well prepared lectures, with the most distinguished members of the Faculty. When the tutorial system is extended further at Harvard, as seems highly probable, some provision should certainly be made to perpetuate this contact. To allow the lecture system to drift into the state in which...
...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...
...following is a list of the Freshman advisers who will be available today to answer questions and consult with new students in regard to their courses of study: 9.30-12.30 Mr. H. D. Jordan 15 Holyoke House 10.00-1.00 Mr. C. C. Brinton Weld 35 10.00-12.30 Professor A. H. Cole 22 Holyoke House 11.00-1.00 Professor R. B. Merriman Widener 171 12.00-1.00 Dr. K. B. Murdock Widener 182 10.00-12.00 Professor R. B. Perry Emerson B 11.00-12.00 Professor W. C. Greene Widener 516 11.00-1.00 Professor F. W. C. Lieder University...