Word: curriculum
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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From 1917 to 1925, it might be well to point out here, one of the outstanding events connected with the annual Jubilee was the awarding of the Sophomore Class Memorial Scholarship of $400 to the Freshman who had made the most progress in athletics, extra-curriculum activities, and studies since entering College. The award was initiated by the Class of 1919 in the year 1917 when the Jubilee was not held but thereafter it was one of the high-lights of the celebration. The winner became the hero of the hour when called forth to receive the plaudits...
...Haven, Conn., March 27.--The Student Council of Yale College has appointed two sub-committees to prepare separate reports on the curriculum and on the educational system. The Council will consider the findings of these committees and will present recommendations based on the findings to the University authorities not later than...
...results of the Reading Period will discover little that is new in the report with the possible exception of the authoritative statistics. Almost too much has been said and written about the success of the experiment in connection with the various Departments, the Faculty, the Library, the extra-curriculum activities, and last but not least, the upperclassmen. The main thing proved by Dean Hanford's article is the fact that the Reading Period has definitely established itself, that not only is there an improvement in the matter of satisfactory grades, but also such virtues as the stimulation of original effort...
...taken, so long will the breach widen. The autimonies are clearly outlined. In the end, it is either the Tutorial System, the Reading Period, the degree with Honors on one side, or on the other lectures, the class room, the instructor, the weekly quizzes and time for athletics, extra-curriculum activities with the ordinary degree...
...classification was right in some respects: witness the time-honored belief in German thoroughness. The continued existence of this trait is seen in a report from Berlin on the thorny path laid out for the diplomats-to-be of the young republic. The German university curriculum is a strenuous enough struggle; but after that, three years of theoretical political studies face the apprentice statesman. Add to this requirement the necessity of completely mastering a minimum of three languages, and of acquiring the sports and social graces of foreign countries; and one sees the same perserverance that has actuated scholars...