Word: adamses
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Strongly emphasizing the advantages of a two or three weeks' respite from classes before the midyear and final examination periods, an innovation which is rumored to be meditated by the authorities of the University, Sir John Adams, Professor of Education at the University of London, discussed methods and traditions of...
The 42 contenders for the Senior squash tournament prize awarded by President C. F. Adams '88, and Vice-president N. F. Ayer '00, of the Harvard Club of Boston, opened hostilities yesterday on the University courts. The finals and semi-finals, however, will be played at the Harvard Club in...
Professor Adams, knighted in 1925 for his services of education in various English universities, explained that in England the university and its college are entirely different in their functions, finances and derivation. The college of an English university, such as Christ's College at Oxford, was originally a sort of...
Professor Adams pointed out, however, that the Harvard tutorial system, due to its rapid organization and to the fact that it is superimposed on an educational system already established, was far from being as complete as the English. In English colleges there are no regular lecture courses with required attendance...
Another interesting contrast between English and American methods is that most of the hard work is done during vacations, while sports and activities hold first place during the term of residence. Freedom from enforced academic engagements, however, gives the students an extremely valuable time in which to assimilate their work...