Word: casefuls
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...with the minutiae as well as the outlines of history gets no higher mark (or perhaps not so high) than another who has confined himself to a syllabus. But granted that marks are too trivial a matter for a grave argument like this, there is another aspect of the case which is all important. When examinations are based wholly upon a syllabus, the students are encouraged to rest content with superficial study; at other times there is a tendency, at any rate, to force those who wish to distinguish themselves to wider research...
...Medical School, who wish to avail themselves of this opportunity of pursuing scientific or other studies in any other Faculty of the University, may do so without loss of time counted as medical study, to such extent and in such manner as the Medical Faculty shall in each case prescribe...
...often advise the members of the Freshman crew, and make arrangements for their training and races; but these things are done by tacit consent and not by prerogative. The right to refuse to be bound by such arrangements belongs to the Freshmen, and they in the present case (let us for a moment consider the matter from the Republican's stand-point) have exercised this right in declining to row according to the rules of the Rowing Association. In so acting, have they in the slightest gone beyond the bounds of justice? Have they merited to be called " cowards...
...case rests on even firmer ground than this. The Convention made no rule in regard to Freshman crews; so, even on the supposition that Freshman Clubs are subject to University Clubs, they would still be free to act just as they themselves saw fit. Does the Republican say that in the rule concerning the composition of " University or representative " crews, the word " representative " is applicable to Freshman crews? Then must it also maintain the absurdity that any " candidate for the degrees A. B., Ph. B., " &c. can row in a Freshman race...
...this opinion is held by a majority of the colleges who send Freshman crews to the Regatta, or at the very least until this question shall be explicitly decided by the Rowing Association, Harvard thinks that the minority ought to yield, as she herself has done in the case of a University race...