Word: wellesley
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Having just finished re-reading Charles I. Kingson's article "Wellesley College: The Tunicata" (CRIMSON, Friday, May 8, 1959), I would like to commend you for such a thought-provoking analysis...
...believe Mr. Kingson has perceptively pinpointed several aspects of student life at Wellesley. Much of what he says is extremely valid. However, from the viewpoint of a Wellesley girl (one in partial agreement with him), the strength of his arguments is lessened by the several inaccuracies that occur throughout the article and betoken haste and inaccurate research...
...idea behind this method of teaching seems almost anti-academic--that the fact of discussion is more important than the material itself. Wellesley, if articulating its justification for such a value judgment, would do it as did one professor--in terms of the terminal education...
...argument runs like this: a Wellesley student, if she really wants an academic discipline, does have a chance to work on her own if she proves her ability. She can concentrate upon almost anything she wishes, once she has gotten some broad lower-level humanities courses...
This same lack of friction carries over into Wellesley's intramural social life--the upperclass societies. To join, a girl must go to tea at each one; but any junior or senior who wants it is guaranteed acceptance, and the hierarchy, if any, is slight (Tau Zeta Epsilon--"Tizzy"--seems to be ranked a notch above the rest). Far from being an important part of the college's life, either intellectual or social (they were originally formed with specific purposes in mind, for example the Agora as a political science organization), they have become merely a pleasant place to take...