Word: tutored
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Segregation at meals continues to obstruct that free intercourse between student and tutor which is one of the most important phases of the tutorial system. While it is true that in some Houses the regular tutors tables have fallen into an encouraging desuetude, and relations have become less strained, the majority of tutors, particularly in Eliot and Leverett, preserve their social indolence and still sit comfortably aloof in the dining halls...
Although it was the institution of tutors' tables just at the formative stage in House development which produced the present unsatisfactory situation, it has been continued solely through inertia. After the first disagreeable shock of novelty has worn off, tutors will find familiarity not unpleasant, and a more intimate knowledge of student thought and problems an invaluable aid in their work. The chimerae of embarrassment or boredom should not cause a device as expensive as the resident tutor to fall in its fundamental purpose...
...ancient fields were formerly offered by the department, but were discontinued for some years owing to the lack of a tutor connected with the History and Literature staff who was adequately qualified to deal with them. Such a lack has now been filled, and the fields are therefore being resumed...
...book by Russell, Dugan, and Stewart, and the student can see where he stands a great deal better than in some fields where a greater scope is demanded. The tutorial work is not in the nature of preparation for the general examination, but involves the aid of the tutor in solving any problem in which the student may be interested. In that way a general knowledge of astronomy and a deep knowledge of some phase of it is gained during the college career...
...addition to the dances, Winthrop House life has been made pleasant by the activities of its Master and head tutor. Dr. and Mrs. Ferry have shown interest in meeting new members of the House by inviting them to dinner in small groups. This social friendliness on the part of the Master and head tutor has been very helpful in better acquainting students, tutors, and Masters...