Word: tutored
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Master Wylie and Mrs. Wylie wandered down from Quincy House "looking for some excitement," but found the whole thing pretty tame. So did the Dunster House tutor who lingered for a few minutes and then turned to leave, remarking that "this seems to be rather dull...
...extraordinary young man, a tremendous idealist," recalls his tutor in history at Oxford's St. John's College. Pearson earned a high second degree, was star defenseman on a memorable hockey team that beat Cambridge 27-0, and won a bid to the British Olympics team. "Mike never picked a fight in a game," remembers a fellow player, "but he never backed down from anyone who picked a fight with him. He had guts...
...slightly vague on occasion, has great taste, insight, and style. Her graciousness as a hostess has provoked a Lowell tutor to describe her, with certain provide, as "natively a lady." Her penchant for animation has prevented many a potentially dull social entertainment from becoming...
...chief problem is that dons have more academic commitments than the Harvard tutor. Tutors at Oxford have an average of 15 or 16 tutorials a week and these tutorials generally run over an hour; many tutors are also expected to deliver 16 public lectures a year...
...given on week to write an essay on Jane Austen" and points out that this involves having read six novels and some critical and biographical works. But surely he doesn't come to Oxford without having read two, dare we say three, Austen novels already? Didn't his tutor ask him to read up on Austen over the vacation? Hasn't he looked at the examination papers, and noticed a regular question on Austen? If the answer to all these questions is no, then all the more reason for the tutor to ask for an essay on Austen--to drive...