Word: acceptably
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Corporation as to the absence of great scholars in the Faculty. It is the reputation of great teaching which attracts men to the college and which impels students to seek scholastic attainment. The greatest difficulty Harvard now faces is the lack of funds; professors have been asked to accept positions here, in some cases, for $2,000 less than they were getting. Such a situation cannot but keep able men from coming here...
Again the proposed Artillery School takes the lead in being the first course in the University to put forward physical exercise as an absolute requirement. The fact that Colonel Goetz intends to accept participation in any of the recognized forms of college athletics as a temporary substitute for compulsory physical drill, emphasizes the importance of sports in the eyes of a profession which requires the utmost in the powers of endurance, and mental stability...
...down entrance requirements unquestioned; high schools have taken the aggressive, and show a growing tendency to try to dictate the terms on which they will furnish their product. But it is to be hoped they will not try to break down the colleges' qualitative standards not to force acceptance even of preparation of good quality in improper subjects. President Lowell points out that the existing "diversity of admission requirements and curricula" is great, and "gives the boy a chance to go to the institution where he will get the maximum education of which he is capable." The youth who simply...
...also decided to challenge the Yale Chapter of the Society to a baseball game early this spring. In former years the scholars have organized teams which have played Yale and it is expected that the Elis will accept the invitation...
...college rooms. These men must apply with the other students who intend to finish their college course next year and must take their chances in the drawing with the other applicants. All applicants are advised to form in groups of twelve, each group to elect a chairman who will accept responsibility for the other members and make all the arrangements for obtaining rooms. The prices of the various rooms will be the same as in pre-war years...