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Section Men: Simohes came off as by far the outstanding, receiving almost universal praise for his fine sense of humor, interesting class room style, and genuine interest in the student. One student said, "He made an otherwise dull course worth attending." Leighton fell somewhat short of the mark as an instructor, but since it was his first year in the course students felt that he would improve. He was, however considered generally uninteresting and occasionally "Confused." Other men will no doubt be added to the course this year...
...middle of the last century, the Reverend Mr. Jacob Abbott wrote a series of guide books for children in which a character named Rollo asked endless questions of his Uncle George. Delmar Leighton '19, Dean of Students, likes to quote from a parody of the series called Rollo Visits Cambridge in which Rollo asks Uncle George, "what is a Dean?" and his sage relation answers: "A Dean is a sedate gentleman scated at a table playing solitaire, but he is also sort of a beadle, 'an official guide to the University' allowed to receive no fees for his services." Then...
...professors feel that this is over-formalizing the system: "we aren't running a court of law, but an educational institution," countered Elliott Perkins. Master of Lowell House. Observing that the tutor is responsible to the House-master, Perkins added. "Maybe the House doesn't want the man. . ." Dean Leighton sees nothing new about this judge advocate relationship. "I have been a member of the Administrative Board and Dean of Freshmen for 21 years and the two jobs don't conflict...
...Leighton Present...
Present in the courtroom, though in-an unofficial capacity, were Dean Leighton next year's Dean of Students, and Associate Dean Watson...