Word: tutors
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Other appointments announced yesterday by the Corporation are those of Friedrich E. Machlup-Wolf, who will be Lecturer on Economics for the second half of the year; Edward Welbourne, Lecturer on Government and tutor in the Division of History, Government and Economics for the second half of the year; Leonard Carmichael, Lecturer on Psychology for the first half of 1935-36; and Harrison S. Dimmitt, assistant secretary of the Law School for one year, from January...
...tutoring is a legitimate function of the College, it deserves to be recognized as such. The tutorial system will remain a constantly shifting experiment as long as its backbone is made up of steadily changing and in experienced men. If good tutors are valuable assets to the College, Harvard must see to its that they are retained. Tutors themselves testify that research is the best antidote to the wear and tear of tutorial work, and that the man who is not pursuing independent scholarly interest's of his own is not likely to remain a good tutor for long...
...major difficulty, of course, is that tutorial ability is an elusive quality. By what evidence is it to be weighed, compared, and rated? The fruits of research become public property and can be judged by objective standards, while tutoring is, by its very nature, an individual and almost secret process. It's success or failure, moreover, may depend on the variable qualities of the students who are tutored. Nevertheless, one who takes the trouble to inquire soon learns that in each Department rather definite opinions exist as to the ability of the several tutors. One is told that "Jones...
...because they have no desire to be candidates. Further, there are numerous instances of men who have become candidates for honors after period of one or two years of ineligibility. If they had been denied tutorial work during this period it would have greatly increased the burden of both tutor and tutee when they did become candidates. It is also likely that the independent work with a tutor very often inspires a student with greater interest in his field and gives him an impetus to try for honors. A group rating, moreover, below group four does not "ipso facto" indicate...
...Committee's suggestion to inaugurate a trial period in the Sophomore year at the end of which the tutor would pass upon the student's ability to benefit from independent work is good one. Another stop in the same direction, which would also help the system out of its present financial dilemma, would be to make tutorial work optional with students, regardless, however, of their group rating. Certainly no tutor should be burdened with a student who regards the work as a necessary evil and who prepares for his conferences with little or no enthusiasm. But to deprive worthy students...