Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...addition to three events of the Invitation Regatta scheduled for today, Coach Shaw's two Freshman eights will race the 1927 M. I. T. crew over the mile and three-quarters course. This event of yesterday's regatta was postponed until this afternoon because of lack of time...
...problem of the stage frightened examinee is perhaps caused as much by an absence of discussional training as by a lack of adequate preparation--and it is certainly minimized by the tact of the examiners. Yet burdened by concentration and distribution few can take time to devote an entire course to what should be acquired incidentally. And fewer-still will venture to compete for prizes in elocution...
...real field for practice in discussion seems to be section meetings; yet actually the procedure in the latter is little different from that of lectures. A natural reticence to display what might prove ignorance doubtless accounts for the lack of spirited debate; the habit of non-participation is easily acquired and becomes "proper...
...remedy for tedious section meetings is not easily to be found; the efforts of even competent instructors are nullified by a lack of cooperation on the part of the class. But one very obvious improvement suggests itself. Section meetings are not now looked upon as opportunities for intelligent discussion, but rather as occasions for the writing of weekly or fortnightly examinations. As long as a course is conducted under this plan there is little chance that the theoretical purpose of the section meeting will be fulfilled. Since there seems to be no entirely defensible ground for frequent quizzes in sections...
...Freshmen on the other hand, have not in all cases shown great willingness to cooperate or to obtain the possible benefits of more mature advice. And the advisor, somewhat reluctant, reticent, a bit diffident, perhaps, has been too easily repelled by the slightest lack of interest on the part of the advisee. As a result, the great expectations of the system cannot be said to have been realized. If the blame must be placed, it undoubtedly rests with the advisors...