Word: prefectly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...there is one thing that can be said about the still-young Prefect Program, it is that it is varied. Some prefects, unfortunately, experience the frustration described by Brooke A. Masters ("Prefectly Useless," March 17); however, many prefects have succeeded extremely well in helping freshmen acclimate themselves to life at Harvard...
...principle, the prefect program is a good idea. Designed to give freshmen contact with undergraduates who have had some experience in the Harvard jungle, the program aims to help mitigate the consequences of housing freshmen apart from more experienced upperclassmen...
...PREFECT INSTRUCTIONS boil down to series of don'ts. Don't date your freshmen. Don't do drugs with your freshmen. Don't give your freshmen alcohol--but don't make them stop drinking either. Don't give your freshmen academic advice because that is the proctor's role...
...PREFECT program is admittedly still in its early stages. The FDO only recently selected a prefect steering committee to oversee the program and chose next year's prefects. And not every freshman group has a prefect. Only proctors who asked for them were assigned prefects. Ultimately, every proctorial group will have prefects, the program's organizers say, but no one knows exactly when that will happen...
...hope that the FDO eventually works out the kinks in the prefect program. But I won't be around if they do. When I received my application for next year's prefect program, I took a long look at it and tossed it in the trash...