Word: upperclassmen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Winthrop's physical simplicity (some say degeneracy)--not unlike the Yard's slightly stoic animus--may be to some upperclassmen a subtle stimulous to introspection. But the House, under the present Master, maintains its tradition of laissez faire good-fellowship. The freshman who has not looked behind the chipped plaster, has not seen Winthrop...
...change would correct some of the difficulties in the administration of the new rules. Many dormitory presidents have complained that under the present system upperclassmen sign out considerably later than the time at which they actually plan to return in order to avoid the possibility of being late and incurring punishment...
...psyching the section man and the experience it gives would be no different from any other course. Because the tutorial meets in a group, there would be less basis for rational grading if any creativity and independence did survive. Grading the 98 and 99 courses is different because upperclassmen have generally achieved perspective in the importance of grades and because they work individually with their tutors...
When Radcliffe finally bought the building and opened it to undergraduates, the administration was so besieged by applications that it limited admission to upperclassmen with financial need. The flood of applications should have surprised no one. Radcliffe living conditions continue to be notoriously depressed. The tiny doubles, once reserved for scholarship students but now suffered through the misfortune of picking a bad number in the annual room lottery, are so terribly cramped that study is virtually impossible...
...seminar arose from a controversy last October after upperclassmen and graduate students were barred from auditing Pennington's sections in General Education A. An average of about 35 persons attended the weekly meetings at Adams House and some 50 or 60 have indicated an interest in continuing the seminar...