New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-31

the postal cards very often having map indicating
the location OF the hall upon them The seminars
usually begin $3.50 O'Clock and last for two hours
but in those two hours the whole ground OF the
course is covered. II only matter OF curiosity
a seminar" is a thing not to be missed
AS one enters the room a strange sight presents
itself. Fifty sixty young men IN all atutuoeS
suggestive of ease, nearly ali smoking pipes or
cigarettes a few with notebooks, and all or them
with their feet perched upon convenient chair or
windowsiII, are listening carefully to what the
lecturer is saying They give him an attention that
would make the average college professor green
with envy Now and then he relieves the strain
of careful listening with a humorous story or
nun whereat the men testify their approval by
stamping on the floor and for brief instant re-
move their pipes from their mouths for a sar-
castle Pretty work. old mani Then the lecture
goes on As ground is covered the men grow
more serious and there are few II any. Interrupt
tons Everybody is thinking Of the examination
on the morrow, and each man Is doing MS pest
TO assimiIate only what he thinks Will De caIled
for by the examiner. does not go to a
seminar for the sake OF acquiring Information
for permanent use; he goes TO get enough 70 pass
a particular examination: and the examination
once passed II is ten 10 one that he never thinks
of the subject again.
The revenue from business such as this is
enormous Besides the seminars for which ne
average fee is S. the anti-fao ulty' undertake to
coach men privately at rates varying from 3 70 -
an hour. and many Of them get out what IS known
as pruted notes.. G., typewriter diSests OF the
lectures in the different courses. together with
summaries of the prescribed reading These sell
for IS whole course 50 half course ana
the demand almost always exceeds the supply
So lucrative is this business that 1t is SAID the
widow Nolan" as a popular tutor is called. taxes
in as much as $4,000 year, and ruInor N 'hIS
ase is we'll borne out by appearances
II must not be supposed that because these tutors
and seminar giyers are denominated the anti
faculty by a Harvard magazine that they are
reaIIv opposed 10 the faculty OF the university On
the contrary they regard themselves as supple
rnerne the work OF the university instructors and
they aim 10 keep on good terms with the Harvard
faculty Many of them invite the attendance OF
rc1aee instructors even Dean Briggs having re-
osi,,ad an invitation TO a seminar" The men who
stya these seminars" college graduates.
bscbAIors of arts and sciences. and. In some
masters of arts. Not few OF them are Harvard
alumni and as tutors. pure and simple, they are
recommended to backward students by the faculty.
an ~ them have the peculiar knack OF being able
70 teach fntelligenty and rapidly. and the informa
,ion they supply is of kind to be scorned- One
NJ the prominent professors in the college actually
attended a seminar" and on his return had moth
ING hut good to speak OF II. although he had gone
,or the sake of reporting to the faculty the best
way 10 rid the college OF these examination cram
mers.'
These tutors have TO bear the brunt of much fun
that is poked at them. chiefly in The LamPoon.
Haryard's funny paper. but they seem 10 thrive.
nevertheless. One OF the best hits that was made