Word: eyewash
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...clearly desirable that greater weight be given to tutorial work. The difficulty is the practical one of how to accomplish this. Each tutor, it is argued, is so prejudiced in favor of his own tutees that in many cases his remarks are about as reliable as the eyewash found in the ordinary business letter of recommendation. That this should be true is not surprising in view of the fact that at present all the tutor is asked for is in effect a letter of recommendation. The CRIMSON has suggested before in this and other connections that the tutor be required...