Porter Sargent Is Sure Disinterest Causes Tutoring

For years an adviser to parents of prep school children, Porter Sargent '96 undertook yesterday to explain the reason for the large percentage of prep school cram patrons.

At the same time he proposed a remedy for the whole tutoring school situation, which would come through reformation within the University itself.

Prep School Men Tutor More

Sargent claimed the large number of Prep school tutees was due largely to personal wealth. "A great many have no interest in getting a college education but go through the four years just to please their parents, who regard college in the same light as a finishing school," he says.

"As a result of this lack of enthusiasm," Sargent stated, "interests turn away from studies, social obligations claiming almost all the preparatory graduate's time. To make up for the lack of application to his studies he is forced to go to tutoring school."

High School Graduates Study

The high school graduate is more likely to work, for he has to prove his scholastic ability in competition with the other high school students for a college education.

Formerly a tutor under "Widow" Nolan, Sargent expressed interest in the CRIMSON'S camgaign, offering a four-point program for the University. Lecture notes should be changed every ten years, a modern type of examination should be given, examinations should be set and graded by someone other than the professor in charge of the course, and short reviews should be given prior to examinations.