Word: conductive
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...fully as essential. Now that an truly extraordinary opportunity is offered to the West to try the experiment of carrying on a great educational institution, we hope that some attempt will be made to raise the standard of instruction in the West, and that the present complaints against the conduct of western colleges as compared with the government of those in the East will be no longer justly made. We wish the new university every success, and trust that in it we shall at no distant day recognize the leading college of the West...
...restored to full standing only by a special vote of the faculty. While on probation, he is not permitted to compete for any prizes or honors offered by the college, nor will he be recommended for a degree. If, after a reasonable period of trial, his conduct is still unsatisfactory, his probation may be closed, and his connection with the college shall then cease...
Although the conduct of Harvard men in recitation rooms is proverbial for decorum, yet we regret to say that there are some little matters which ought to be of more concern to the students. Notably among the disturbances is the habit which some freshmen have of reading the morning papers in the lectures in English. A practice of this kind, insuiting as it is to the instructor, cannot be too strongly condemned. The applauding which is so frequently indulged in the Chemistry lectures has been spoken of before by the CRIMSON; but another reminder on the morning of the lecture...
...voted to instruct the chairman to appoint a committee of three to conduct a correspondence with the more prominent colleges in regard to the methods of marking pursued. The information so obtained will be used as a basis for devising an improved method for Harvard. Messrs. Merriam, Coolidge and Garrison, were appointed on this committee...
Owing to the innumerable boards of officers required to conduct properly the no less numerous clubs, societies, and class and athletic organizations, the Harvard student is required to cast a vote for somebody or other, on an average, twice a week during the college year. Now this practice in the exercise of the American citizen's chief prerogative is a good thing, - but it is apt to become monotonous, as may be seen by the decidedly slim attendance at many of these constantly recurring elections. One sort of election, however, never fails to bring out a large vote; we refer...