Word: freshmen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...program should be altered, however, to allow freshmen to list all 13 houses in order of preference. The computer should then come to rooming group 330, see that although Lowell is full second-choice Adams still has space, and assign the roommates to that house. If Adams is full, consult the group's third, fourth, fifth choices, etc. until an open house is found...
Well, that's what I felt about participating in Harvard's prefect program. Although I made friends with some freshmen I probably would not have met in the course of my normal routine, I got very little out of being a prefect, and I don't think my freshmen got much out of it, either...
...principle, the prefect program is a good idea. Designed to give freshmen contact with undergraduates who have had some experience in the Harvard jungle, the program aims to help mitigate the consequences of housing freshmen apart from more experienced upperclassmen...
However, many of the proctors don't know what to do with the prefects, and the prefects don't have a clue what their role is. The FDO runs a couple of "training sessions" which are supposed to enlighten prefects and suggest ways to interact with freshmen, but the first one was so boring and of so little value that I didn't bother going to the second--which took place three months later...
PREFECT INSTRUCTIONS boil down to series of don'ts. Don't date your freshmen. Don't do drugs with your freshmen. Don't give your freshmen alcohol--but don't make them stop drinking either. Don't give your freshmen academic advice because that is the proctor's role...