Word: system
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...aspect of this planning, President Pusey mentions the "individuality" of non-residents, referring to their special place within the House system. For almost thirty years, two proposals have dominated the discussion on how to integrate commuters into the "life of the College." On the one hand, Dean Bender suggests affiliation of all commuters with the residential Houses as a desirable possibility. Worried about the "isolation" of commuting students, Bender objects to their being "sequestered in a place like Dudley on the basis of economics and geography...
...this contention were true, it still would not present a valid reason for retaining the system. Radcliffe students, who have the right to cut an unlimited number of classes and live under a social honor system, are hardly in need of further opportunity to learn self-discipline...
...freshman year, was made last month by Jerome S. Bruner, professor of Psychology. Bruner recently called for active debate on his proposal, in order to "stir the pot." He also declared himself interested in any other proposals which might alleviate "the lack of intellectual excitement" in the present system...
English, the only field with required non-Honors tutorial for Juniors, plans to retain its system next year. The value of the program was strongly endorsed last Spring by all tutors in the Department...
...Masters are also discussing the possibility of instituting voluntary non-Honors tutorial within the Houses. There would be difficulty, however, in coordinating such a system with the various departmental programs, David E. Owen, Master of Winthrop House, has pointed...