Word: manter
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Many of the students at Manter Hall agree that they are there for the small classes and special attention. A student from Boston speaks enthusiastically of the school. "Most of the kids in this school really know what's going on. Classes and the majority of teachers are good," he says...
...students' complaints center on Manter Hall's lack of facilities and physical plant. "We have no modern facilities," declares one girl. "The school's a dump. It's a fire hazard. We have only one janitor...
...girl feels that the discipline at Manter Hall is too strict. "You can't cut classes here," she complains. "If you're fifteen minutes late in the morning, they call your house, and the entire school knows about it." She feels that detentions are handed out too frequently for petty matters and objects to required study hall when she has no work. She also objects to the dress code, which prohibits blue jeans, halter tops, shorts, and short dresses. "Mr. Hall is too conservative, too old-fashioned," she complains...
...Manter Hall students say that they have very little contact with Harvard. "We're not really involved," continues the same girl. "I've used Harvard libraries. Their libraries are really good." She feels that "you don't notice it, but Harvard does pass on a little education...
...funny little school," as Schneider calls it, gazes down upon Mt. Auburn St. From its vantage point atop Elsie's, existing as an isolated, anonymous island in the midst of Harvard. The director emphasizes its virtues, just as predictably as students harp on its considerable defects. In a sense, Manter Hall students are sacrificing standard high school facilities for special attention that they could not receive elsewhere. As one student remarks, "It's a pain, but it's an education...