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...Manter Hall also gave review courses for Harvard exams to students who had not done their work or could not understand it. Among those who participated in these review sessions were Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. '37 and his brother Jimmy '26. During World War II, those about to be drafted into the army could review for the aviation cadets exam there...
...Manter Hall still operates a tutoring program of sorts today. On Saturday mornings, students fill the school to take classes in reading and special preparation for the college boards. About one-quarter of those who attend these sessions are Manter Hall students. The school also operates a similar program over the summer...
...busy as it once was, when it was full until late in the evening with tutoring programs. "I guess I like it," Schneider says of the school. "I'm very free to teach what I want, when I want, where I want. The lack of bureaucracy and meetings at Manter Hall appeals to Schneider, who feels that the absence of restrictions is the biggest advantage of teaching at Manter Hall. He calls the pay scales "low," however, and says that given a chance at a better paying job with as few problems, he would probably take...
Schneider describes Manter Hall as "relatively strict, because you have to do your homework, you have to be neat." His winning smile flashing through his heavy beard, he notes that Manter Hall has few problems in comparison to public schools because "there is no threat to life and very little theft." He comments that most of the problems at Manter Hall center on individuals, rather than the administrative structure of the school...
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...