Word: curriculum
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...perhaps such considerations as this of the importance of building the tower first in any system of education as well as in any system of architecture, that offer the best argument in favor of the continued study of Greek as a leading part of the curriculum of American universities,-the study of Greek, that is to say, as representing the best and most liberal culture obtainable. No argument in favor of Greek and its allied theory of a liberal education seems stronger to us than this an argument perfectly abstract in its nature, it is true, and not likely...
...committee appointed by the alumni of Trinity to consider a change in the curriculum has consulted with the faculty and it has been decided that the classics shall be retained. Latin and Greek are to be pursued as heretofore up to the end of the sophomore year, after which 75 per cent. of the studies are to be prescribed, and the student is to be allowed to elect the other 25 per cent. "In this way," says President Smith, "we can continue to offer a liberal education, with any direction towards the end of the course which students may desire...
...good influences produced upon the preparatory schools and he also quotes from President Eliot's remarks, which summarize the benefits of athletics at Harvard. "2. The system of college athletics gives opportunity for the development of certain qualities of mind and character not all provided for in the college curriculum. but qualities nevertheless quite as essential to true success in life as ripe scholarship or literary culture. Courage, resolution, and perseverance are required in all the men who excel in athletic sports. The faculty for organization, executive power, the qualities which enable men to control and lead other...
...West there is painful evidence of a fear of passing beyond the bounds, and uttering some sentiment which, really they feel they dare not express. In the literary productions can be seen the lack of general culture. Everything appears in the same stereotyped, orthodox form, indicating a narrow curriculum, which we can almost name in detail. In the personals and locals it is again apparent that, outside of the recitation room the college mind is fed on the most petty details. All this surely declaring how much more the different institutions resemble schools than colleges...
Trinity is introducing elective courses into her curriculum...