Word: tutoring
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...resident tutor system proves successful in one dorm, we may try to incorporate residence quarters for tutors in the present brick dormitories," Jordan said...
Bertie was not allowed to mix or play with other boys. His first tutor, Eton's Henry Birch, was ordered to report in detail on the little boy's failings. When, instead, Birch became fond of Bertie, he was sacked. Birch's successor, Frederick Gibbs, had everything that the creation of a problem child demands. He kept "story books of all kinds" out of Bertie's reach, reported regularly that the frustrated little boy was "excited," "disobedient," "very angry," "rude," "half silly." Bertie responded, complained Gibbs, by "throwing stones in my face...
...indicated, the problems they have to deal with are as varied as the students are in number. They may have to consult with a senior tutor about whether to let a student take his meals outside the House or to let him live out. They may talk to a student who has taken a medical leave of absence in order to undertake intensive therapy. They may be trapped on the telephone, trying to talk to a reporter as well, leafing through their calendars trying to find a student whose appointment they can cancel so that they can make room...
...Preston, Jr., resident tutor from Dunster House, said that most of the confusion arose from "the incomplete working out of minor jurisdictional problems...
...direct and necessary relation exists between bluebooks, courses and effective education. The Dean has proposed a radical extension of one of the concepts in the advanced standing program. He would permit seniors to forego course requirements, attending such lectures and reading such books as they wished, under a tutor's guidance...