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Every day, many Harvard students pass Elsie's delicatessen on their way to and from classes. If anyone bothered to look above the awning that says "Delicious Roast Beef," they would notice the remnants of a sign that once read "Manter Hall School." Few of those who frequent Elsie's realize that the building above their heads has served as everything from a boys' prep school to a Harvard tutoring academy...
...when blue blood rather than brains was the basic criteria for admission to Harvard, the Manter Hall School would tutor applicants until they could pass the special entrance exam administered by the College. Once admitted, Manter Hall would tutor them in their courses, to ensure at least a gentleman...
...Today, Manter Hall is a private high school. Robert J. Hall, the director and the driving force behind the school, describes its curriculum as "a straight and traditional college prep program," focusing on math, science and foreign languages. The coeducational school has 50 students and ten full-time teachers. Hall says that Manter Hall's chief strength is its small classes, which range in size from "four or five to a maximum of ten or twelve." "Students can really benefit from this extra attention," he notes...
...Manter Hall students come from all over the Boston area. Hall mentions that "a few students are wealthy, a large percentage are middle income, and a fair percentage are on scholarship." About 15 per cent of the student body receives some sort of financial aid, "based on need, rather than merit...
...particularly difficult to get into Manter Hall," according to the director. Applicants must take a placement test administered by the school. Hall explains rather cryptically that he would not call the school "remedial as a whole, because it is only remedial for 50 per cent of the students, but not for the others." He goes on to say "kids go through lackadaisical growing stages. Some may have done a poor job in other schools, but I'm willing to give them a chance here...