Word: tutored
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...faculty level, the group is discussing ways of judging the work done by individual tutors. A ticklish problem, this involves careful analysis of each tutor's record...
Meanwhile, there are additional appointments on the way up. The position of Allston Burr Senior Tutor is usually awarded to an assistant professor, but instructors have held it. It is normally a five-year post but it can be altered to fit the expiration date of a shorter appointment already held. The Senior Tutor devotes half of his time to teaching and half to House administrative matters. The position of Housemaster, awarded by the President and the Corporation, entails the same duties...
Today, done with decanal duties, he sits back in his Littauer Office and modestly recalls his friendship with President Lowell and his deep interest in fostering tutorial. "Self education lies at the basis of the tutorial system," he explains, "with the tutor around to help get a better grasp of the subject." In his office hang autographed pictures from Presidents Conant and Lowell. Under Lowell's there is the inscription, "In gratitude to Dean Alfred C. Hanford for raising the respect for scholarship at Harvard College." He still leans back in his chair, a twinkle in his eyes, unlit pipe...
Frederick L. Holborn '49, tutor in Government, was awaiting final election returns last night to show the accuracy of his forecast of yesterday's mid-term contests...
...then taken to Stillman Infirmary and was later moved to Massachusetts General Hospital when it was feared his injury was serious. Carroll F. Miles, senior tutor of Dunster House, with which Bender is affiliated, visited him late Saturday night, and affirmed the accident story...