Word: tutored
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Strong motivation for the spirit is provided by Master John H. Finley, Jr. '25 and Senior Tutor John J. Conway, two men whose wholly different characters complement each other perfectly. Finley is renowned for the speed with which he becomes familiar with everyone in the House, for his ebullient personality, and for his enthusiasm and interest. This combination of characteristics serves to solidify an otherwise loosely-tied group...
...Senior Tutor Gill Helps...
Contact with the staff is easy and informal. Whether one is playing billiards with the master (Professor Taylor is seeded sixth in the House three-cushion tournament and fourth in straight billiards) or eating a dinner with a tutor, one is hardly aware of the thin line which separates faculty from students...
...beyond this, Winthrop, guided by Housemaster Ronald M. Ferry '12 and Senior Tutor Daniel S. Cheever '39, has substantially improved its scholastic performance, conspicuously highlighted by the fact that the House now contains two Rhodes Scholars and three Phi Beta Kappa's. As Ferry notes, "Winthrop is now more balanced in respect to scholarship than it has been in the past...
...able and accessible tutorial staff, representative of a wide range of subjects, has done much to create and sustain the more intellectual atmosphere of the House. The informed tutor-student relationship has expressed itself in a number of ways, one of which is the growth of a tutor-encouraged play reading group. Always helpful and constructive, the tutors are well integrated in the life of the House, to the mutual advantage of both students and faculty...