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Among the phenomena observable at Harvard in graduating or recently graduated classes, is the student who, having concentrated in English, is in grave doubts as to the benefit he has derived from his four years in college. One of the most open expressions of such doubt and dissatisfaction that has recently been voiced is contained in a letter published in the current number of the Alumni Bulletin. The writer finding that his training in English has meant little more than a harrowing grind for divisional criticizes the Harvard system of instruction as applied to this department, declaring that the right...
...concentrating in English a chance to browse is practically synonymous with a chance to loaf. But for the "constraining effect of divisional examinations" they would never attempt what little reading they do, and English, as a field of concentration would be of even less benefit than...
...students are concerned, is to provoke an ambition and cultivate a habit leading to self-education,--the only education that is later self-starting and self -propelling. For this purpose another departure has now been made, a some what surprising one, yet designed for the benefit not of the students alone, but also of the instructing staff. In last year's report it was pointed out that the tutors' time was so absorbed by their pupils as to make it difficult for them to pursue their own studies and research and a danger was felt of losing our best...
...farsightedness and the breadth of vision that brought about such a step is one of the most encouraging aspects of contemporary affairs. In them two fundamental elements of human life, long opposed to one another, have been wedded. Each should benefit from the new association...
...Baker, Hon. '26: Graduate School of Business Administration for endowment 573,392.89 Estate of E. D. Barbour: On account of his bequest, "to Harvard University for the general purposes of the University" 742,232.00 Estate of R. D. Bell: His bequest, the "income . . . shall be expended for the benefit of the Department of Biological Chemistry . . . in the Harvard Medical School" 100,000.00 Carnegie Corporation of New York: Fellowships and Scholarships in the Division of Music--Endowment 40,700.00 Class of 1902: Additional, to complete their gift of $150,000 60,984.96 Judge G. A. Carpenter 'SS and Mrs. Carpenter...