Word: tutoring
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...field of concentration," Peterkin said. "Rather they should be, as the majority of those favoring the House Plan believe, a cross section of all types of student and fields of education. Although some House might get the reputation of being a History House by virtue of some prominent History tutor's residing there, the Houses on the whole should, and will without a doubt be made up on a diversified basis. All classes of students, all fields of study, will be united in one House, and it is the duty of the various tutors to invite, not only their tutees...
...answer to a question as to the advisibility of married tutors living in the Houses, with their families. Peterkin stated that he thought the plan had both advantages and disadvantages. While a tutor's wife could aid him in creating an hospitable atmosphere in his apartments, the presence of women and children about a student building, such as the House, would not be wholly desirable. Care in selecting the location of the married tutors' apartments might do much to eliminate any disadvantage on that score. Peterkin believes that the unmarried men should be scattered throughout the Houses, keeping near enough...
Where the duties of the tutors are to end and those of the proctors or disciplinary officers begin in the future new housing units will have to be decided before the House plan goes into effect. For, as Mr. Peterkin points out in his interview, the responsibility of the tutor in effecting the success of the experiment will be great, and it is essential that any proctorial policing should not handicap him in his advisory and social capacity. In the first place, his proposed role not only as academic supervisor but also as friend and confidant would not find duties...
...generally known that he is present. Entirely shorn of that halo of authority which the Freshman Halls proctor wears for his flock, the proctor in upperclass dormitories also loses prestige as a social factor and consequently has little in the nature of a beneficial heritage to bequeath to a tutor. To combine the duties of the two very dissimilar offices would do nothing to establish the desired intimate relation between the tutor and the tutee in the new houses...
...simplest solution of the problem would probably be to have a few proctors residing in the houses much as they do at present in the Yard dormitories. They could fulfill their current. College obligations under the supervision of the master of the house and could also cooperate with the tutors in meeting emergencies which were outside the province of the latter. It is improbable that they would play any more important part in the new houses than in the Senior dormitories, and yet it is important that someone be on hand to inforce discipline when necessary. Whereas the tutor could...