Word: broader
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...question for the next debate has been made after careful consideration. While we may at first regret that some subject could not have been selected which would bear a little more closely on college interests, it is perhaps on the whole better that the field should be a broader one. There will be less danger of stirring up ill-feeling, which might be aroused by discussions which would bring out prejudiced comparisons between the two universities. The present question is, too, one which will appeal to a very large number of people. It is a vast improvement over the last...
...doubtless stand for herself. Harvard's desire to eliminate professionalism from athletics was well defined three years ago when the well known proposition made then unfortunately fell through on account of disagreements on minor points. The desire is still as strong, but the method for reform has assumed a broader character. The athletic committee is at present considering the best means of accomplishing the reform and steps are being taken to learn the sentiment of the athletic men on the subject. It is impossible to speak at length upon this matter until Harvard takes her final position; and this action...
...professional school from participating in athletic contests and unjust to the honest student. He admits that with the membership of teams limited to university undergraduates, "the future of honest, pure sport would be assured," but at the same time strongly implies that he would rather favor a broader and more liberal course. He says...
...college to make a firm advance. The work and time of the professors is only such that they can give at leisure hours and this tends to cripple the advantages which the Annex offers. If by joining the Annex to the University we can advance the cause of broader and more liberal education for women and can place that part of the college in the foremost rank of women's colleges, it is our part...
This report of the catalogue is very gratifying for it indicates a marked advance in every branch of the University, a decided tendency to enlarge our Faculty by every good instructor we can find, and to offer a satisfactory and broader curriculum. No previous catalogue has shown the University to be in such an excellent condition...