Word: certainly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...announcement of Oral Examinations for next week calls attention to their status, and to some possible means of improving them in conformity with the plans of educational reform that are in progress at this University. Originally the Orals were intended to make certain that every undergraduate have a speaking knowledge of French or German, but they have proved in reality only a superfluous test of knowledge already attained in the elementary language courses. If these examinations are to continue in the future it seems desirable to change their name and purpose, in order that they may be more than mere...
...been decided on the question of having a free period each day for all students at Yale, a committee is now working with the Faculty on the solution of this problem. The plan is to have no classes in any of the schools of the University after a certain hour in the afternoon, so that from then on every one may be free to take part in athletics of some form. If this works out, it will accomplish much for the policy of a more general participation in athletics. The "Y" club which is being organized will include not only...
...benefit of those who have entered since the war. Instead of forcing the student, while his opinions are yet unformed, to choose some arbitrary course of study, instead of surrounding him with rules and restrictions, his program of work is left to his own taste and initiative. Certain guiding principles must be complied with. Advice and suggestions are fully given; his proposed plan for study must be duly approved. It has always been considered, however, that he is old enough to choose for himself and that the best results could be obtained, not by dictation as at other colleges...
General Sherburne, in an article printed elsewhere in this issue, states a fear that men of certain educational qualifications are likely to believe themselves born with the right to command, regardless of their individual ability as leaders; whereas in reality there are countless men of less fortunate schooling who, on account of personal fitness, are far more suitable for commissions. That he is right in his assertion that "a college man, because he is a college man, is not thereby given a divine right to become an officer," is undeniable. Naturally all men of any certain type of education...
...continuation of similar conferences. A committee from the Student Council might meet annually with the Board of Overseers to represent the undergraduate opinion, when that opinion could be of value; or the scheme might be carried even further so that a representative group of undergraduates might meet on certain occasions with the Faculty...