Word: proctore
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...recent poll on the freshman proctor system revealed that about half the freshmen questioned were dissatisfied with the present system of counseling and felt they could not obtain satisfactory academic advice from either advisers or proctors. The results of the poll are not surprising. Proctors and advisers are usually involved in their work as law students, graduate students, or administrators, and they cannot be expected to be knowledgeable about all the areas in which freshmen need help. Since it seems unlikely that Harvard will organize a corps of full-time experts on the Harvard scene, the HUC's proposal...
Juniors and seniors would be valuable advisers by virtue of their direct involvement in College life. They could supply first-hand information about some courses and would know about many others through their connections in the Houses. Perhaps even more important than evaluating specific courses, the undergraduate proctor could advise on the general way to approach one's studies, having lived through two or three years of exams and papers. The way a student goes about learning, and the way he shows what he's learned to those that judge him are skills of experience; being able to consult someone...
...approach to racial questions, Epps says that Harvard is in the difficult position of having to promote integration and afford students as much liberty as possible at the same time. The problem was illustrated last year, Epps says, when a number of Freshman Negroes were told by their proctor that they shouldn't be so cliquish and sit at the same table at the Freshman Union. It is in precisely this kind of situation, Epps contends, that students must be left alone...
Currently each freshman is assigned to an advisor, usually a graduate student. In most cases, the advisor is also the student's dorm proctor...
...Skiddy von Stad '38, dean of Freshmen, who has jurisdiction over the proctor system, said last night that he is opposed to such a revision. "It isn't difficult to learn the specific things an advisor needs to know," he said. "What makes our men especially valuable is their enthusiasm and experience dealing with younger...