Word: tutor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Recently King Carol appointed as Premier his old tutor Professor Nicholas Jorga , sly & bewhiskered (TIME, May 11). Last week in an election held by the Jorga Government the Peasant Party's representation dropped from 333 seats to 30. The Jorga Party skyrocketed last week from 7 seats...
Papers written for the tutor should be filed and saved by him. Books read by the tutee should be discussed with the tutor, who should keep a brief record of the tutee's grasp of the subject. A good way to keep his interest in his work would be an assignment to read a book every two weeks and to write a short paper on anything therein which stirred his enthusiasm. At this rate about sixty books would be read by each student in connection with his college work. The student would know moreover that his tutor had a record...
...second case, containing the private collection of Nicholas Sever, from 1716 to 1826 a tutor at Harvard College, at that time considered a position of great honor, has been loaned by his descendents. It is uncommon in that the 30 or more pieces are still intact, with the exception of a silver twoquart tankard, which is the exact replica of the one which is mentioned in his original inventory. Chafingdishes, candlesticks, salvers, porringers, a teapot, and a pair of salt-cellars complete the collection...
...cool of many mornings after the sophistry of this remark becomes all too plain, but the kernel of truth that inspired it still remains. The Vagabond has just been up in the "lofty state" and will vouch for the truth. Most unfortunately he was called away suddenly to tutor a man in History 28 for an examination today, or he would have prolonged his stay indefinitely--until Quebec. The tutoring, by the way, has not been much of a success. The Vagabond knows just exactly as much as the man who is being tutored. They both progress at the same...
...University maintains that it can not run the House Plan on less than it will receive next year from the rentals. The rents pay the upkeep of the buildings, depreciation, all furnishings, hired help, and indirectly cover the costs of the tutors rooms. The tutor must himself pay for the maid service. The libraries are in most cases gifts from individuals or the University while the dining halls are supposed to be self-supporting. Another large Item which the rent covers is a kind of insurance covering from 1-2 to 3-4 of one percent on the investment which...