Word: curriculum
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...turn out undergraduates who shall be best fitted for positions of honor and responsibility in the nation." According to the resigning seniors the system has "discouraged individuality of thought," "created a set of artificial standards," and "diverted the finances, energy and attention of both graduates and undergraduates from the curriculum and other primary purposes of the university." Backed by a successful and highly respected body of undergraduates, by not a few graduates who were club men in their day, and by President Hibben himself, these charges carry great weight...
...program of the Reserve Officers' Training Unit at Harvard as drawn up by Captain Cordier is comprehensive in every detail. Although many difficulties such as not interfering with the regular College curriculum had to be overcome, Captain Cordier has succeeded in rounding out a course of instruction which is far ahead of any similar scheme established at any other university. There is no doubt about the work in the training unit being serious. More time will be given to theoretical and practical instruction than was given to the Regiment last year, but undergraduates must realize that the country is under...
...view of the fact that competitions for positions in extra curriculum activities have recently been the cause of low scholastic standing of the competitors, the Yale Student Council and college faculty have passed a resolution to the effect that no man shall be elected to such positions without the approval of the dean's office. The resolution includes such positions as publication boards, the Student Council, managerships, dramatic and musical association officers, many committees, and all class offices...
...greatest amount of efficient instruction in the shortest period of time. If it seems feasible, the Regiment of last year will be reorganized and a similar system of drill hours be worked out so that all military instruction will interfere as little as possible with the regular College curriculum. At the meeting of the Faculty this afternoon the question of how best to facilitate students enrolling in Military Science 1 for the next half-year will be discussed. Whatever allowances are to be granted will be published in tomorrow's CRIMSON in order that all students may arrange their study...
...most radical part of the new school's program is the disappearance of Latin and Greek, and the attempt to make translations of the classics serve the same purpose. Modern languages, science, industry, and the domestic arts will have the most important places in the new curriculum. The orthodox leaders of the present educational methods already have expressed their horror at the introduction of these innovations...