Word: tutees
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...tutoring school has returned to Harvard. This vicious institution, which once made a shame and a joke out of a Harvard degree, has regained, so far, only a limited foothold. But in all except size the reborn "tute schools" resemble the lecherous harpies which once crouched over Harvard Square and drained the College of every claim to honor and integrity...
...tute school" system began in 1886 after William Whiting "The Widow" Nolen '80 opened the first Manter Hall school and began to relieve students of their curricular worries. Starting slowly, the system mushroomed after the turn of the century, and highly organized cram courses flourished. By 1936 Wolff's, Parker-Cramer, and the establishment of E. Gordon Parker '96 had achieved leadership in their field and were busily stuffing College mailboxes with their literature. "Tute school" advertising stressed respectability and the scientific approach. A high-water mark of a sort was reached by Wolff's in a display ad that...
Crimson Fights Tute Schools...
...first year of operation, the Bureau of Supervisors, under Stanley Salmen '36, helped 406 men with the assistance of 79 supervisors. Since it was organized chiefly to replace the commercial method, the Bureau initially had to take over some of the function of the "tute" schools. In 1939 the Bureau ran reviews for finals for every course with more than 50 freshmen enrolled...
...line catechism: Miro dado, soskei shan creminor kaired? (My father, why were worms made?) Miro chabo, that puo-baulor might jib by hailing lende. (My son, that moles might live by eating them.) Miro dado, soskei shan puvo-baulor kaired? (My father, why were moles made?) Miro chabo, that tute ta mande might jib by letting lende. (My son, that you and I might live by catching them.) Miro dado, soskei shan tute ta mande kaired? (My father, why were you and I made?) Miro chabo, that creminor might jib by halling mende. (My son, that worms might live...