Word: conductivity
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...accepted policy of the faculty to allow members of their courses as much freedom as is feasible in their study. This freedom, a basic principle in a university, has always been applied to the conduct of students in the Houses and the Yard, restricted only by the not-to-stringent Parietal rules. The fact that Harvard in general is allowed this freedom is one reason why it is listed among the universities instead of among the girls boarding schools. Yet we find intelligent persons suggesting that college authority should be more strict...
...problem of misdemeanors committed by a few of its members, Harvard has been extraordinarily unsuccessful in attempting to answer it. Following the precedent of all traditions, a curious growth has been nurtured by the Superintendent of Caretakers and has been allowed to envelop the intricate problem of student conduct. Administrative officials admit there is no logic in the plan and were considerably surprised to learn that it is impossible to find a set of rules governing the Yard Police...
...College and the students need an expert to handle this situation; a man who would be respected as such on every occasion. The removal of Mr. Apted from his present position of supervision over student conduct and the appointment of a new disciplinary officer is the obvious way to establish student respect for University law enforcement agencies...
Drinking is a matter of personal conduct and matters of personal conduct at Harvard are determined by each student. Yet educated men who possess complete freedom in their actions must accept accompanying responsibilities. When they exercise their right to drink freely, they are not entitled to discomfort others, to endanger lives unnecessarily, or to create public disturbance which discredits the College. Should they disregard these obligations, they must take the consequences of their failure...
...schoolteacher told an unruly pupil that as long as his conduct did not disturb the rest of the class she would not disturb him, the pupil might not feel complimented but he would certainly feel reassured. Last week U. S. stock-traders felt guilty about high security prices, wondered if the current Bull Market foreshadowed inflation, menaced the nation's future. To them Marriner Stoddard Eccles, Governor of the Federal Reserve Board, replied from Washington...