Word: tutor
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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During the second year he will choose his field, and a tutor will be assigned to him. He will take at least three courses in his concentration, and do active tutorial work outside...
...this year the student body will be divided into two groups, Distinction and Pass. Recommendation for the Distinction group will be made by the tutor and all promising students will be urged to accept it. For those who are not recommended, the last two years will remain much as they are under the present system. The lecture system will have to be modified, and the tutorial system extended, but essentially the requirements will continue as at present,--six courses and a general examination in the field. Pass students will receive the regular Bachelor's degree...
...fourth year will then be devoted to advanced study in some part of his field. During this year he will work on the same plane as the graduate student. He will be allowed to take any courses that he desires. He will work intensively with his tutor, who will give regular assignments and expect written reports. He will present a thesis on a subject from this field of specialization, and this thesis will be of the quality now expected only from graduate students. Finally he will be required to take an oral examination, more searching than is now given...
...fortunate in obtaining as Freshman proctors men of broad sympathies who have a real interest in the problems of Freshmen and who regard the keeping of order as the least important of their duties." By the end of his first year the student in most cases has met his tutor or an adviser from the department in which his principal work lies, and the intimate counsel and friendly advice from this source is continued throughout his college course. Dean Chase goes on as follows...
...summoned to talk with the Dean of the College. In this way, in all serious matters at least two opinions are available and usually many more, for in all cases when a man falls into serious danger of having his connection with the College severed his adviser or his tutor and the instructors in the courses which he is taking are consulted and all their evidence is taken into consideration by the Administrative Board...