Word: credited
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...eliminated the names of men who have entered college the preceding year and been dropped a class, and also those of men who have entered the class regularly, but who had been in their university the preceding year as special students and thus got a few courses to their credit. The first interesting comparison is in the number of men of the firet kind,- "dropped" freshmen. The large number of these men at Harvard shows the strict discipline of our college office, but is partly accounted for by our elective system which allows a man to divide his work unequally...
...Harvard, have four alternatives with which to deal. In the first place they have to consider the advisability of recommending a prescribed course which shall not count for a degree; in the second place, a prescribed course which shall count for a degree; thirdly, an elective system offering no credit; and fourthly, one offering credit...
...considering these separately it will be found that an elective system with no credit offered, is exactly what we are finding unsatisfactory at present, and all must agree that a prescribed course not counting toward a degree, would not only cause much discontent but would be contrary to all Harvard traditions. Thus the four alternatives are narrowed to two, and the choice must lie between a prescribed course or an elective, credit to be given in either case...
...those training for the athletic teams be excused from any fixed form of exercise, but tennis, boxing, fencing, golf, bicycling, could be taken into account, and even geological or botanical excursions accepted as a substitute. In fact, it is our opinion that an elective course of physical training giving credit toward a degree, could be so managed as to prove in every way most effective in encouraging every form of healthy out-of-door exercise...
...made in the first inning by Putnam, Hall and Milne. In the fifth inning, Cropley made a pretty catch, and McDonald fielded a rather difficult liner. Putnam, who was tried at second base, covered his position in good style, having one assist and seven put-outs to his credit...