Word: whitla
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...have at one time had an office hour with or some sort of acquaintance. But I always have my fingers crossed with the idea that they might say, well, who the hell is this guy. I don't even remember him."--From a tape recorded interview by Dean Whitla, published in "Encounters With Learning...
...dialogue between men, as well as the imparting of a discipline; frequently what is of lasting value in a course is not its content, but the chance it has offered to meet a great teacher. In the most recent Harvard Educational Review there is an article by Dean Whitla, instructor in Education and Director of the Office of Tests, concerned with education as the interaction of human beings. Part of a forthcoming book, it is worth reading...
There could be nothing but an operational definition of what contsitutes a liberally educated man, so few would quarrel with Whitla on that score. It is quite another matter, however, to set up a tautology--even an operational one. The men whom House Masters are likely to rate liberally educated, are those with initiative in meeting people. Thus, in this portion of its results, what the survey shows is that students who meet people easily met the faculty often. Fortunately, this does not damage the usefulness of the survey, for the revealing parts of it are the students' own statements...