Word: curriculum
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Story began by explaining that what President Eliot had said in the preceding lecture of Harvard in the fifties was substantially true of Harvard in the sixties. The change in the numbers was slight, and the buildings, curriculum, etc., were practically the same. The one word which best expresses the difference between Harvard of today and Harvard in the sixties is simplicity. College men then were more simple in every way than they are now. In the sixties there were rich men in college, but the poor men were in such a vast majority that they set the fashion. They...
After showing the other important measurements and their relations, Doctor Sargent illustrated by the stereoption various types of physical development and closed with a plea for the introduction of athletic requirements into the college curriculum...
...radical change has lately been brought about in the Medical School curriculum, the course having been lengthened from three to four years, as has already been done at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, and other like institutions. The change will be put into operation beginning with September, 1896. The subject of making uniform entrance examinations for the Eastern colleges, is an important one and its revival has aroused much interest. A further possible development of the plan would give an entrance certificate admitting power at any one of the leading colleges, could satisfactory uniformity of examinations and marking...
...means of supervision, but, if the right view were taken of the matter, would not be desired by the students themselves. Work on college papers is usually undertaken as an agreeable diversion subordinate to the regular work of the University. It is not intended to supply deficiencies in the curriculum and, if subjected to strict oversight and compulsorily kept up, would lose half its charm...
...opening exercise of the college were held in Marquand Chapel on Sept. 18, and since that time the students and professors have been returning and the usual routine work is now fairly started. There have been no important changes in the faculty this year and the curriculum has been changed very little. The freshman class is about the size of previous ones and the number of students taking the various scientific and engineering courses is seen to be increasing faster than the number taking the classical courses. Some new instructors have been added in all the departments. This fall...