Word: leightons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Honors tutorial in the Houses "could often cut across Departmental lines with great advantage," Delmar Leighton, Master of Dudley House, said last night. "In this educational area, broad interest groups in the Houses are a more helpful device than the various Departments," he maintained...
...Leighton said that "as Master, I am trying to identify a number of interest groups in Dudley, hoping that the tutorial staff will be able to provide a significant non-Honors program for them." Such groups might include the physical sciences, pre-medical sciences, literature, history, and government-economics...
...Honors problem is not to be dealt with by one formula," Leighton continued, "and the program of any House must shift to meet current student needs." No Master should expect "a 100 per cent turnout for any non-Honors program, no matter how good," he said...
...trying," Leighton disclosed, "to adjust the Dudley staff to meet the specific needs of Dudley students." This year, for instance, the House has 39 students in the "physical sciences," but no tutors in that field...
Plans are not definite yet, but the trip will be made some time next year, according to Leighton. At the time of the program the Leightons were visiting their son in California, and on their return from Sweden they will pass through California again for another visit...