Word: students
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Robert B. Ridder '41, acting for the Contact Committee, entrained for New York City last night to put the plan before the International Students Service and discuss the prospects for a National Office to coordinate the activities of the student refugee aid drives which are expected to develop in schools in other sections of the country...
Heading the delegation which confers with President Conant today is Robert E. Lane '39, chairman of the committee and president of the American Student Union. Others are Philip Bagby, Jr. '39, secretary-treasurer of the committee, Lawrence F. Ebb '39, chairman of the Debating Council, Irving M. London '39, head of the New England Avukah Society, Abba P. Schwartz 3L., chairman of the Law School Refugee Committee, and Edmond LaB. Cherbonnier '39, P. B. H. president...
Richard H. Sullivan '39, president of the Student Council, will also be present in an unofficial capacity...
This view disregards what could be another--and perhaps more--valuable function of freshman tutorial: namely to aid in helping the student to choose his final field of concentration. In spite of the broad outlook afforded by survey courses, and in spite of the availability of advanced courses to selected freshmen, the choice is often made haphazardly. The possibilities of a miss are too great, necessitating subsequent readjustments and consequent failure to capitalize fully on the benefits of the tutorial system. A solution lies in the use of freshman tutorial as a means of helping students to distinguish their aptitudes...
Also in order would be a drastic extension of freshman tutorial to include at least several more groups on the Rank List. Obviously in this second capacity it benefits the average as well as the honors student. A corollary of this step is the restriction of tutorial reading assignments so that too much extra work will not be placed upon those students who cannot well bear...