Word: tutors
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...position of the resident tutor, inspite of his task of justifying the investment of an almost fabulous sum, is not unpleasant. He arranges his books in a wainscoted study, gets marmalade for his breakfast toast free of charge, and is left to enjoy himself pretty much as he will. He may take any attitude toward his position, considering it a comfortable, comparatively inactive, monkish life; or he may realize all its possibilities, mingling with students, pouring a few ideas into the impressionable void. For the best resident tutors, men who take the second attitude, the future holds little. Being...
...future of the resident tutor must be attractive enough to hold men of brilliance on tutorial staffs. To continue its success the House Plan should make the position of tutor either, a stepping-stone, or enticing enough to hold men of value. How this is to be done cannot be predicted, but some answer to the question of what reward is adequate for a good tutor must be made before the best tutors leave the Houses for more exciting or more remunerative callings...
...most valuable opportunities the houses offer is the intimate contact of tutor and men which is largely the result of their taking their meals together. When tables are reserved solely for the use of tutors as is the custom in Eliot, Leverett, and to some extent in Adams House although here the system is breaking down, it is inevitable that the tutors and non-resident faculty members should fail to enter into the common life of the House...
...large number of courses include only two lectures per week. The tutorial system, and more particularly the reading period, have emphasized the central importance of reading by the individual student, with supplementary comment in tutorial discussion and in lectures. It is the function of the lecturer, as of the tutor, to suggest what books should be read, and, once they are read, to give a critical interpretation of the material covered. There is no reason to assume that in every case the wealth of an instructor's information over and above that obtainable in books, together with his interpretative views...
While a special tutor's committee is considering the problem of Inter-House eating, it is well that there should be a thorough review of the present situation and an expression of undergraduate opinion on this old and much debated subject. The system now in operation is designed to prevent all save a minimum of Inter-House dining, to force men, as far as possible, to confine their eating of his guest's meal; the guest, especially if he has contracted to pay for twenty one meals a week in his own House, receives no financial recompense for his lost...