Word: probationers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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There are probably many students who will support the contentions made by Mr. La Farge in his article in the current "Advocate", but if one were to proclaim the failure of the modern language requirements the chorus would be unanimous. With probably more men on probation this year than ever...
Just at present there is a good deal being heard from the Junior Class on the subject of German. In informal discussions the word is usually preceded by one or two vigorous English expletives of doubtful Teutonic origin. But informal or formal, the discussion is one not to be dismissed...
The state of mind brought about by this situation is not one calculated to make the undergraduate regard the requirements before him as "a tool to use instead of a hurdle to jump". The Junior who finds himself on probation because of failure to show a reading knowledge of one...
According to a faculty ruling a student who enters the School after the fourth day of the term, unless excused by the Dean, shall be placed on probation.
From the point of view of the undergraduates, perhaps the most important committee of the Faculty is the Administrative Board, which handles matters of discipline. Dean Chester N. Greenough '98, is the chairman of this board, and the other members at present are Professor R. DeC. Ward '89, Professor Wilbur...