Word: dis
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Bellows, in the leading article, dis- cusses clearly and cogently a subject the importance of which no one will question, "Harvard Admission Requirements." The writer aims "to point out certain things in the present system which appear to produce bad results, and to determine what subjects the College clearly ought to require for admission." Members of the Faculty, as well as undergraduates, may well read this article with attention. The Editor of the Monthly, however, in his comments on the subject, is mistaken in thinking that "the citadel of election" may already have fallen. Neither President Lowell, nor the Faculty...
...wide interests, as well, to participate. His plea is undoubtedly earnest and timely, though one could wish that what he conceives to be the greatest benefit from debating--the mental training--had been less dully expounded. In these days, when undergraduate parlance is so largely composed of indiscriminate, dis-jointed burlesque, assuredly much should be made of any pleasurable exercise which is likely to create real mental fabric...
...CLASSICAL CONFERENCE."Some Dis- puted Points in the Life of Menander," Mr. W. E. Clark; "Some Manuscript of Aristophanes," Professor J. W. White; "A Harvard Manuscript of Ovid, Palladius, and Tacitus," Dr. E. K. Rand. Sever...