Word: wolff
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...does not take supernatural intuition to detect him. He answers questions like a robot, not thinking for himself, but speaking words put into his mouth. He uses cliches like the "psychology of the business man"--Wolff's contribution to Economics A--until the grader, coming across it for the twentieth time, cannot help but see its origin. And cannot help but grade accordingly...
...Patricia Drew, West Roxbury, Mass.Donald C. Wetmore Virginia Clapp, CambridgeJohn R. White Nancy Kelly, New YorkRoyal G. Whiting Priscilla Crocker, BrooklineDavid B. Williams Virginia Floyd, MiltonLeonard W. Williams Alice Pinkham, BrooklineGrafton L. Wilson Charlotte Donald, Barnstead, N. Y.Lothrop Withington Jr. Marietta Withington, BrooklineDavid W. Witmer Nancy Wilbur, WinchesterPayson R. Wolff Shirley Merson, Jersey City, N. J.Samuel E. Worthen Eloise Dickey, Atlanta, GeorgiaHoward W. Young Agnes Brown, Newark, N. J.William H. Wood Jr. Virginia Hare, Sharo
...yale arguing in determine of the Ludlow Amendment will be William C. Murphy, Payson R. Wolff, and Arthur H. Northrup. Against Princeton in the Union. Thomas M. Cook, Thomas J. O'Toole, and John E. Tully will debate...
Undesirable in its Harvard Square forms because it makes a farce of true education. Students pass examinations, they do not learn as a result of their cramming. And again, because such tutoring mocks Harvard's standards and degrades her degree, it should be exterminated. If the tutoring is by Wolff, let the diploma be by Wolff, but not by Harvard. It is further undesirable because it destroys initiative and the will to honest toil; because it makes students lazily dependent upon a crutch they would not otherwise...
...need for "guidance" is very great, but Mr. Wolff's solicitude, if not suspect, is at least superficial. His attempt to muscle in on an educational policy already started by the University would amount to impertinence, were not his profession in such dire need of an apologist...