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Gordon Walker, assistant overseas news editor of the Christian Science Monitor, will moderate the forum, which begins at 8 p.m. in Burr A. Walker has just returned form the Far East and is going back there shortly...
...hold the positions have permanent University appointments. These men spend half their salaried time as administrators, and the other half in academic work. Although their administrative experience is valuable, in the long run they will be judged for future permanent appointments largely on their academic accomplishments. Supporters of the Burr plan point out that departments will consider these twin duties when deciding permanent appointments. Although this may be true, academic competition extends, beyond the University. From a failure to understand the full meaning the Burr Tutorship, other institutions would be more likely to pass over these men in favor...
Ideally, the Burr Tutor should be a Faculty member with a permanent appointment. A man with tenure would not feel the same demands that weigh on those who are several rungs below in the University. Under the original Burr plan, the Senior Tutors were to be at least Associate Professors, but tenured men were found unwilling to accept the jobs. Still, when it is time to replace the present tutors, the posts should be filled with men on permanent appointment. Although the University is known for its emphasis on scholarship, there are certainly enough tenured men whose interest...
Although the Allston Burr tutorial system has gotten off to a promising start, a final judgment must wait four years until the initial appointments come to an end. Applications for the posts then will show whether the duties of scholar and administrator dovetail well enough to continue attracting high-calibre...
...tutors are a convivial bunch who would rather eat with the undergraduates than their contemporaries. Once a week they eat en masse with the Housemaster and Allston Burr Senior Tutor Daniel Cheever, but have a habit of drifting off to undergraduate tables afterwards. Though tutorial strength easily changes, and with it the number of concentrators, Winthrop has a strong Government staff and Government is the most popular major in the house...