Word: clearing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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This statement, when taken in connection with the late action of the faculty, makes clear beyond doubt what is intended by such action. The chairman of the first committee of Overseers, Joseph Story, contemplated changes in the college curriculum as early as 1825. The growth toward a more free election of studies has steadily progressed since then. And the near future will see the course of study purely elective. The present stand of the faculty has thus been necessarily forced on them by the gradual development of an elective system inaugurated by the first board of overseers...
...club were passed. At eight o'clock Prof. Norton was introduced by the president, who immediately resigned the chair to him as the guest and lecturer of the evening. The lecture was a charming one in all respects, neither too long nor too extensive, but giving the members a clear, concise understanding of the important part that art plays in the refining and civilizing of nations. The object of the club was briefly touched upon, and a few valuable suggestions were made as to the way in which the club could become a useful and active society. The importance...
...train men for journalism. None of the present English composition courses answer this need for special instruction. In effect, their purpose is to give literary finish by means of careful work, and criticism. While this sort of study is of course necessary to gain a power of clear and graceful composition, yet these courses do not afford any chance for rapid off-hand writing. The system of daily theme writing, instituted in one course, is an approach toward the proper cultivation of the ability to do off-hand work, but even this does not answer the purpose. It is only...
...notice that the students of Cornell University are to have a series of lectures on the "Literary and Practical Aspects of Journalism," to be delivered by one of the most prominent, and clear-headed journalists of New York State. Some time ago, we referred to the advisability of such a course of lectures for Harvard, and the sight of the above notice encourages us to again broach the subject. There are always large numbers of men here who intend to enter journalism, and their work would be vastly helped, and their success made far more probable, if some attention were...
...publish this morning the report of the '87 freshman crew. The report is clear and concise, and compares very favorably with that of the '86 crew. But much comment and hard feeling would have been saved, had the report been published earlier. It is customary for the various athletic organizations to publish the reports of their financial affairs, and the earlier these reports are made public, the better it is for those who are interested in the payment of the deficits...