Word: problems
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...lead article of the latest Progressive. The statement is true. It is correct that examinations which require little more than cramming encourage the existence of tutoring schools. But it is doubtful that an attack on the examination system would supply a solution immediate enough to meet such a pressing problem...
...major problems facing the young, married, Harvard instructor is where to live. The problem arises from the fact that the salary of the junior teachers is, in many cases, insufficient to support a wife and family in a decent style in Cambridge. In their recent report The Committee of Eight stated: "the unsatisfactory housing and schooling conditions in Cambridge now tempt young teachers with relatively small salaries to live elsewhere or to add to their incomes by doing outside work which interferes with their scholarly pursuits...
...problem that used to be a burner, "What's Fred going to do for a stroke?" has been answered by the presence of Randy Fenninger, pace-setter of the Freshman boat last year. Preceded by two brothers on Orange and Black varsity boats, Fenninger has racing in his blood and pounds out a rhythmic as well as a powerful stroke...
From this disinterested vantage point, Mr. Wolff has surveyed the tutoring problem. Lifting from these columns the chief evils of tutoring, he has numbered them! (1) writing papers; (2) spotting examinations; (3) discovering snap courses; (4) conducting mass cram sessions. Yet Mr. Wolff is loath to discuss these ills. In the first place, he thinks they may be unethical; in the second place, they are not practiced by his establishment, "as far as I know," he says...
Physically it would be impossible because even Mr. Wolff cannot command the knowledge, experience and facilities necessary to render effective guidance. It is more than a matter of getting men through History I. It is the problem of annually adjusting the lives and outlook of a thousand Freshmen to college conditions and keeping them adjusted. It involves close coordination of the Deans of Admissions and Freshmen, the Hygiene Department, the heads of Freshman courses, the H.A.A., religious bodies and other groups...