Word: proctore
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Most of them go unenforced. Though a proctor may scare a freshman by reporting him for housing a pet in his room, the Ad Board rarely considers "dog and cat cases." The book also advises that anyone turning in a study card late is not only subject to an additional fee but "may face disciplinary action" but that rarely if ever occurs...
...expect much from the adviser system, then. Most freshmen who still need academic advice, after talking with their adviser, see their proctor or take their questions straight to a professor in a field they're interested in. He or she is usually surprised and flattered...
...proctor system, though, actually works, although exactly what it accomplishes is multi-faceted. Freshmen need basic information; proctors provide it. Freshmen are often confused about their academic aspirations and frantically insecure about the social expectations they've set for themselves; proctors can give them support and encouragement. Freshmen get into unbelievable tangles with roommates they didn't choose; proctors can help unravel the knots. Freshmen have just left the security of their families, some of them for the first time in their lives; proctors often become surrogate parents. Beyond these obvious functions there may be something more. Every year Harvard...
...definite plus that the Freshman Dean's office could never have dreamed up but which tends to happen anyway. Granted, freshmen are going through hell, and they all think it's a result of their personal immaturity and neurotic fears. Well, after a few months of watching their proctor chew his/her fingernails over a Saturday night date or go absolutely bananas over a late paper, they begin to feel just fine...
...multitude," and thus invented the prevailing optimistic theory about what Harvard College does. You will supposedly come here and become well-rounded and interested in the world around you, and opening your eyes in this fashion is Harvard's institutional purpose. General Education is still around, of course. Your proctor will tell you about it; mostly it means you have to take a science course here even if you don't want to, but the spirit still lingers...