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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Yale's inability to equal the English college tutorial system, even in the limited way that Harvard has aped it with entry tutors, may be just the reason that the Colleges have functioned so well socially. Since the masters can't do much to make their College's training grounds for learning, they make them training grounds for community living. This resulted in a liberal attitude towards rules and residents' whims that would astound the Harvard undergraduate, who haggles nervously with a Yard cop when caught violating a room permission and thinks he has won a major triumph...
Other masters, notably French of Johnathan Edwards and Daniel Merriman of Davenport, like to make College administration a one man job. Both claimed that their small size--fewer than 250 men as against Silliman's 440--was the big influence on their approach. Some masters run their Colleges largely through force of personality, such as Calhoun's Schroeder, who has memorized the name, home town, grades, and major problem of every student in his College. With this equipment, he has managed to draw a particularly strong loyalty toward himself from the Calhoun...
...special occasions, the Colleges make a big bid for gentility. A week ago, Calhoun replaced its tin trays with crockery, dressed its cafeteria staff in elegant black uniforms, and spectacularly dished out unspectacular food while a string trio played dinner music. A lady dispensing coffee obsessed with her duty to maintain a polished atmosphere, apologized for serving coffee cups on plates rather than saucers to students who usually balanced their coffee on trays. Dress for meals at Yale is not so consistently formal as it is in the Houses. Ties and coats are required for the main meal...
...very few people who would wager on a Crimson victory this year, but a glance at the record indicates that the Harvard-Yale games, it appears, are a possibility of an upset is not too remote history apart from the regular season.DICK HARLOW, famous Crimson Coach, tried to make a post-war comeback, but had to retire because of poor health, being succeeded by Art Valpey and Lloyd Jordan, in that order...
This emphasizes the fact that Yale has a more extensive program for freshmen. First year men can compete in more sports than their Harvard counterparts, and can have more league rivalry. Fewer dormitory units make this possible by consolidating interest and money...