Word: afforded
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...care to discuss the value of the training afforded by any particular course of study, but we do think that in both instances the true purpose and meaning of a liberal college education is misunderstood. Are we here to prepare for our professions? Then what do the professional schools signify? What we want of Harvard College is not a summa cum laude or a diploma and degree, but the best liberal education that she can afford us. We cannot afford to graduate with the thought that our education is complete. It is only begun. What does "Commencement" mean...
...nine plays Williams today on Jarvis. Although Amherst recently defeated Williams the game will probably be interesting and will afford an opportunity to observe the improvement of our nine over their last games in Cambridge...
...seen fit attach to the fellowship is certainly a step in the right direction. Heretofore, we believe, the fellowships which have been established have assisted in educating graduates of Harvard in foreign countries. This is undoubtedly an excellent pain to extend the influence of Harvard as university and to afford greater opportunities to graduates of ability and special attainments for a future pursuance of their studies beyond the bounds of any one university...
...afford the best chance for improvement, it seems best to abolish compulsory work in freshman year, and this can only be done by a change in the work required from the preparatory schools. Raising the standard for admission would bring about several desirable results: It would bring an older class of men here from the schools; it would raise the scholarship both of the college and the school; it would give a year more for following out any particular branch a man may elect. Nearly every one feels how short a time three years is to accomplish anything definite...
President Porter of Yale says: "As far as Yale is concerned athletics are doing well. They do not divert the interest of the student, nor do they diminish the zeal for culture as a whole. The student is improved by the slight diversion of attention which they afford...