Word: curricular
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...alumnus, Harvard will be transferred from the distorted realm of memory to that of living entities. And the non-Harvard men attending may get a fair conception of what the College's attempting in scholastic and extra-curricular work...
...present undergraduate tendencies and the relations between the students and the college officers of instruction and administration; W. L. Tibbetts '26, captain of the track team, who will speak of developments in studies employment; J. R. Burke '27, manager of next year, football team, who will discuss extra-curricular undergraduate activities; and C. D. Coady '27, captain-elect of the football team, who will talk of athletic conditions from the students point of view. John W. Hallowell '01, of Boston, treasurer of his College class, former Overseer, and active in the Associated Harvard Clubs and the Alumni Association, will speak...
...very important matter that was discussed at some length in undergraduate publications two years ago. Figures show, as they did then, that the scholastic records of students from public schools are decidedly higher, on the whole, than those of students from private schools. At the same time, extra-curricular activities are being carried on almost wholly by the latter group...
...student from a private school lands in college on his feet; at least as far as the general tenor of his life is concerned. From the first he takes the lead in extra-curricular activities. He enters the various competitions and pears off the prizes. Thus he becomes a respected and much envied being among his classmates...
These tendencies, of which the above are extreme examples, are very unfortunate and constitute one of the very real problems of Harvard education. Instead of occupying their proper complementary relation, the social and academic aspects of education are thrown into seeming conflict. It is not that extra-curricular activities are a bad influence, as scholars are sometimes minded to think them. They are invaluable aids--nay, rather, integral and indispensable parts of-the educational system. But they call for a balance of attention and interest which it seems very, difficult for students to maintain...