Word: curriculum
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...decision of Columbia University to put all intercollegiate athletics under the central control of the institution itself is another sensible attempt to put collegiate sport in its proper perspective. This change places athletics within the sphere of the regular college curriculum...
Soon, however, all possible opportunities for justifying the existence of the fraternity will pass out of reach. The Colleges and the new curriculum are designed to foster a more general but still intimate contact between students and faculty that the social and intellectual phases of college life may be more harmoniously blended. In these spheres little place is left for the fraternity. On the more tangible side, the "system" will necessarily deprive them of their function as eating houses. What will then be the result...
...establishment in this capacity of as many as possible young graduates, instructors and tutors who have an active interest in all Departments of the University. If this were done, advisers could devote a fair amount of time and trouble to Freshman problems, not only making intelligent suggestions as to curriculum, but also discussing all sorts of outside activity. In this fashion, perhaps by monthly evening gatherings, the adviser would be in close touch with his advisees, helping them, if possible, to avoid scholastic and general difficulties. To accomplish this successfully, since most advisers are men engaged in graduate study, they...
...heretofore. In the future his educational opportunities will be more than ever one of personal selection, and the success which he makes of them dependent to a greater extent upon his own initiative. By increasing the burden, it is expected he will meet his added responsibilities. The new curriculum announces that the time for this greater responsibility and freedom is at hand. If the student fails to take advantage of the education offered and neglects his work, an axe, self-administered, will without ceremony cut short his college career...
...often regretted by old-time Alumni that the thorough-going drill in English composition which was formerly administered at Harvard should have been forcibly replaced by other considerations of the modern curriculum. At all events the maltreatment of grammar and frequent misspellings which occur on college papers today would seem to justify a great deal of adverse criticism, which any lingering influence of English A can hardly overcome. The publication of theses, however, might well act as an agent toward improving the presentation of subjects by aspiring undergraduates. This is especially true of such fields as Science or Economics where...