Word: classroom
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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During the morning, several grade to symposia in Fogg museum, where Thomas D. Bolles, Director of Athletic spoke on the Harvard Athletic Program Elliott Perkins, master of Lowell, cussed The Role of the Houses, and I Bender talked about The College and dent Outside the Classroom. Some on a science four of the labs and ice rooms. Meanwhile, the class of registered at the Oyster Harbors Club in Osterville...
...Warter. While she lived there, Lucille did her best to rid Jamestown of dullness. Sometimes she gilded reality by imagining that the family chicken coop was her palace ("The chickens would become my armies"). She remembers that she was always unmanageable in the spring. "I'd leave the classroom for a drink of water and never come back. I'd start walking toward what I thought was New York City and keep going until someone brought me home...
Picking Flowers. At school, there was a big, bony-faced girl. The other children called her "Stewguts," and baited her mercilessly. Her stupid younger sister was in Chambers' classroom. One recess, Stewguts peered in warily, and, seeing only Chambers and her sister, slipped into the room...
Theoretically, there is no competition at Bennington; there are no organized sports or extra-curricular activities. In reality, however, the 80-minute classes are highly competitive. The unwritten law in the classroom is that the professor must ask questions of a challenging nature if he expects any response. There is the oft' told tale of the newly arrived professor who asked his students factual questions. After a few meetings, the number of students dwindled until the professor was finally alone. Needless to say, he revised his teaching techniques...
Girls may cut classes at will. The tendency is to cut more in warm weather. The majority of the girls, however, are conscientious about their attendance, particularly since the Bennington system gives an odd twist to the half-filled classroom. One freshman paraphrased it well when she said. "It's more or less courtesy to the teacher not to skip...