Word: scholasticism
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In a move to cooperate with the University's policy to eliminate tutoring school activity, William J. Bingham '16, Director of Athletics, sent letters today to all coaches asking them to recommend the newly established Bureau of Supervision to students in scholastic difficulties.
Certainly the problem which most concerns the Blue coaching staff right now lies in the backfield. Not one member of the quartet which started against Harvard last fall is available. Had not Ray Anderson, a Junior, run afoul of scholastic ineligibility the outlook might be brighter. For Pond's chief...
The scholarship holders were selected by a committee of faculty members on the basis of a synthesis between academic ability and financial need. The committee believes that all the recipients have had scholastic records abroad equivalent to Dean's list at Harvard.
The new instruction in reading springs from the Dean's Office's recognition of the fact that poor scholastic records can be causes by many factors besides lack of intelligence. The College has known for some time that difficulty in reading is a great handicap to the student.
In the experiment, a group of sixteen Freshmen showed marked improvement in reading skill and some advance in scholastic standing, after eight weeks of special training last fall. They increased their reading speed by 50 percent, gained in reading accuracy, and altered for the better their habits of eye movement...