Word: burrs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Eliot House's tutors, led by the universally respected John Conway, Aliston Burr Senior Tutor, are good. The present tutorial staff is particularly strong in English, Government, and History...
Confronted with the growing problems the University greeted Allston Burr's bequest with open arms. Already, in little over a year and a half, the Allston Burr Tutors have helped, on several levels, to recreate the intimacy which was the aim of the whole tutorial plan. For the poor student, or the man with a problem, their help is most easily seen. Instead of taking his difficulty to University Hall and any available assistant dean, a man now sees only his Burr Tutor. The tutor in turn can come to know every member of his House through un-official...
...outstanding student, the improvements are almost as noticeable, and come as recommendations for fellowships, graduate schools and the like. More important, the tutors have added some flexibility to the whole tutorial system, particularly on the sophomore level. The Burr Tutor has room to experiment: in Kirkland House this year, for example, a plan for combined junior honors tutorial in Government and Economics has met with considerable success...
...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...