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Commuters also decided to hold a jolly-up at Agassiz House the night of October 8. Mary Louise Keefe '53 and Marjorie F. MacIntosh '53 will plan the affair and act as social chairmen for the year...
Even to such an experienced college man as Macintosh, the figure was shocking. Most of the students, Macintosh found, dropped out because of academic failure; and most of those who fell by the wayside did so during the freshman year...
...feeling proud of itself on one count-more of its citizens had been getting to college than ever before. But how many stayed the course? Last week Vice President Archibald Macintosh...
...most part, says Macintosh, the colleges are to blame. Many of them fail to learn enough about their students before admitting them, nor do they pay enough attention to them once they are there. Students need guidance, especially during freshman year. What they find, too often, is a drab and rigid schedule, overcrowded classes, comparatively inexperienced and uninspiring teachers-for "in a curious way a tradition seems to have grown up that it is somewhat beneath the dignity of a full professor to stoop to teach freshmen." A further discouragement: "In some institutions it is the practice...
...Harold Macintosh, Chairman of the National Savings Committee, acidly commented: ". . . bad taste...