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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Anyone who has interested himself in a sane appraisal of the results of the Reading Period will discover little that is new in the report with the possible exception of the authoritative statistics. Almost too much has been said and written about the success of the experiment in connection with the various Departments, the Faculty, the Library, the extra-curriculum activities, and last but not least, the upperclassmen. The main thing proved by Dean Hanford's article is the fact that the Reading Period has definitely established itself, that not only is there an improvement in the matter of satisfactory...
Dean Hanford's article, however, contains one sentence that far outweighs any of the statistics, evils, and benefits associated with the Reading Period. "Although the students in general seem to have profited from the Reading Period," writes Dean Hanford, "the greatest good was perhaps derived by the honor men and those with a high C average." In one sentence he points indirectly to the chasm within the ranks of students not only in Harvard College but in every university and college in the country, that is, the widening of the gulf which separates the A and B and high...
...presumptious to advance the possibility of such a Utopia, only extreme optimism could advance its probable occurrence. There will probably always be the low C, and D, and the E men. The Reading Period has proved this truth. It is the A, B and high C men who employed it to the best advantage; on the other hand, the undergraduates who cling to the lower half of the grade hierarchy seem not to have appreciated the experiment...
...solution of the problem lies perhaps in the segregation of the two groups, The scholastic elite deserve and should have the Tutorial System, the General Examinations, the Reading Period, and all that goes with them. They are the men who will ultimately take their degree with Honors, and there is no reason why they should be placed on the same plane with the men who waste their own and their tutor's time, prepare for their General Examinations at a tutoring school, neglect their Reading Period assignments and turn their backs on every attempt on the part of authorities...
...many educational ills of the college is being offered, but few deny the tendencies of the times. Separation of the two groups of students is being considered and has been considered. Yale is pondering the Third College at this moment. But as long as such steps as the Reading Period innovation are being taken, it is imperative to recognize the fact that only about half the undergraduate body is benefited. On all too many has the latest seed from University Hall been wasted. Then in the future only the appreciative would have the opportunities presented by the Tutorial System...