Word: stade
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...most significant developments in the advising system has been the installation of 20 proctor, advisers, who live in the Yard and who advise about 20 students each. There had been some proctors who were also advisers ever since the freshmen moved into the Yard, but F. Skiddy von Stade '38, dean of freshmen since 1953, raised the number to 20 last year in an experiment that seems to have worked extremely well...
...them, "There is no real trouble in making friends within two or three weeks with almost every one of my advisees. Most of them live either down the hall or up the stairs." The closeness, however, does not lead the adviser to oversee the student's affairs. As von Stade explains: "If there is trouble, we expect the advisers to let us know, but if there isn't we expect him not to probe...
...meeting students in the Union is somewhat awkward, and if calling them singly into an office is equally unsatisfactory, many advisers have begun group meetings of all their advisees. Von Stade has an entertainment fund which can be used for this purpose, and he says that more and more advisers are taking advantage of it. Men like David D. Henry '41, director of Admissions, who bring their advisees together in groups, often find the experience rewarding...
McDonald temporarily replaces F. Skiddy von Stade, who has been granted a half-year's leave of absence. Von Stade, who has been Dean of Freshmen for four years, will journey abroad this summer, and will return to his present position next February...
Scott's words were considered to be in line with the unofficial but generally accepted views of F. Skiddy von Stade, Jr., Dean of Freshmen...