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Because of the rapidly increasing number of foreign students in the University, Stanley C. Salmen, Chairman of the Board of Supervisory Assistance, has shifted the duty of instructing these men in English from College authorities to Phillips Brooks House, it was announced Saturday by Raymond Dennett '36, Secretary of P. B. H.
The lot of teaching English to foreign students formerly fell to Dudley H. Cloud, Secretary of the Committee on the Use of English, and Frederick C. Packard, Jr., associate professor of Public Speaking. This was very satisfactory when there were only one or two students who desired this training.
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The trouble in Europe, however, greatly increased this number, until these professors found that they were unable to perform their intended function of perfecting the language of English-speaking students.
The work will now be done by the Undergraduate Faculty or Foreign Students Committee of P.B.H. Letters will be sent out Tuesday to all Juniors and Sophomores who received B or better in English A or F, calling for volunteers for teaching. Others interested should apply at Brooks House. One or two hours a week is all that will be necessary, and about 35 tutors are needed.
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