Word: editor
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Besides Britten's illuminating and necessary editorial on the examination system, the best thing in the number to an old editor--or at least the most comforting--is Douglas's farewell, written in "open and truculent satisfaction," patiently boosting the paper. The present board has done a good work; it has set up the shattered altar, and the smoke of the incense is sweet to the nostrils...
...George Herbert Palmer, professor of philosophy in Harvard University, a teacher who holds his students by scholarship of living power, a clear thinker of calm meditative tone, a student of ethics with a deep grasp on that theistic truth which underlies all righteousness, a literary artist--fit editor of the poems of his spiritual ancestor, George Herbert; his refinement in style, whether in philosophy or literature being no mere fastidiousness, but the reflex of refined thought, a philosopher in the original sense, widely influential for good and imbued with a tranquil enthusiasm for truth which gives substance and worth...
...Four editors have been chosen from 1915, leaving places on the board for at least six more men, who will be taken from the news competitions of the fall and spring of 1912013. The work required has been outlined before and will be explained in detail in the early papers of the fall. The competition is hard, for it takes time to get hold of even a small bit of news; but it teaches accuracy and concentration in a way that is invaluable. The broad insight into College activities that a news competition gives is also one of its useful...
Separate competitions will be held for each of the two classes, although the work of all the candidates will be of a similar nature. One man will be selected next November from each of the classes and in this way a succession of editors will be established. A year from now the man selected from 1914, will be the chairman of the Register Committee of the Student Council and the man from 1915 will be the managing editor of the Register for 1913-14. The following year the latter will become chairman. Competitions will be held each year to select...
Each year the chairman and managing editor of the Register will receive salaries in return for their work and time expended on the volume. The successful candidates for the positions of assistant managing editors will be recompensed by the managing editor according to the value of their assistance...