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PROFESSOR David Riesman and Christopher Jencks have recently published a study in general praise of the system. They observe that the inequalities of the Gold Coast days seem to have disappeared, but offer no statistics to show whether people of varying backgrounds really talk to each other quite as much...
The matter of House stereotypes can also be argued both ways. While there is considerable doubt of any substantive basis for them, the fact remain many freshmen at least take them into consideration when choosing a House, and in some cases weigh them quite heavily. Moreover, as David Riesman and...
The matter of House stereotypes can also be argued both ways. While there is considerable doubt of any substantive basis for them, the fact remain many freshmen at least take them into consideration when choosing a House, and in some cases weigh them quite heavily. Moreover, as David Riesman and...
In contrast, a study of Harvard Hoses made several years ago by David Riesman and Christopher S. Jencks '58 aroused considerable resentment from the Masters.
Students are here to develop themselves, personally, morally and intellectually. It is the student's intellectual development--or enrichment, or expansion--that is the professor's special province, though in this highly integrated community the other provinces may, hopefully and charitably, be his as well. We are not anxious merely...