Word: tutor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Charles Easterday Renn, of Frederick, Md., appointed Instructor in Biology and Tutor in the Division of Biology. B.S. Columbia '28; Ph.D. Rutgers...
Died. Henry Peter Hansell, 72, Extra Gentleman Usher to King George V, one-time tutor of Edward of Wales, the Duke of York, the Duke of Gloucester, Prince Nicholas of Rumania; in Bletchingly, Surrey...
...this system, the third year man looks at the Freshman with amused disdain. The Freshman, it is true, does not know that he must raise his cap to the proctors, does not know that the sleekness of his new gown is revolting, thinks that the head porter is a tutor, and wears his college tie. But the third year man was just the same some time ago, and in the present Freshman he is despising his past self...
Freshmen will always have difficulty in choosing a tutor until they know what it means to work individually. They have no idea until then what qualities to look for in the man who guides them. The majority of every incoming class have been taught as members of a group, not as individuals, and the Adviser system does little to change the Freshman attitude towards education. Until the University works out some better plan, the tutorial system can not be effective until the Junior or Senior year...
That an instructor teaches well in class does not necessarily imply that he is a good tutor. In fact it is extraordinarily difficult to ascertain how good a tutor a man will be until one has to work with him. Here one faces the difficulty of having to change a tutor whom one likes but with whom one cannot work properly. The tendency will be to avoid the problem until the situation becomes critical. However, careful thought in the first place on the selection of a tutor greatly increases the probability of a correct choice The freshman should see that...