Word: classmen
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Even girls who felt sure about their fields of concentration have reported disappointment with their sophomore tutorials. Encouraged by upper-classmen, they expected some kind of intellectual stimulation and close contact with faculty to solve many of their freshman problems. But, because they generally have group tutorial, they often lack the opportunity to talk with their tutor at length...
This fall came another innovation: the idea-patterned frankly and gratefully on Yale's "Scholars of the House"-that a few bright first classmen (seniors) should be freed to study largely on their own. Called "Trident Scholars," they are picked from the scholastic top 10%, get sprung from routine classes (military duties continue) while pursuing independent research projects. As the academy's unbarnacled superintendent, Rear Admiral Charles C. Kirkpatrick, puts it, the aim is to "give a bright boy his head...
This is exactly the principle Radcliffe acted upon last year when it eliminated sign-out regulations for upper-classmen. And Harvard, in just about all other areas of college life, acts upon the principle that education is a process of finding out for one's self...
Receptly President Bunting, as an Administration representative to the RGA, proposed that punishment for junior and senior lateness be eliminated. Upper-classmen would then indicate, as a "courtesy" to the dormitory, the time they expected, not promised, to return. This would mean that no one would go out to look for them if they did not show...
Something went wrong this year. Although it has been in Cambridge but three weeks, '66 has already caused quite a stir, both in the Administration and among upper-classmen. Instead of docilely going through the motions of attending opening lectures, seminars and generally keeping quietly within the heavy iron gates that guard the Yard, the Freshman Class has quickly proclaimed that it intends to become an active and influential sector of the College...