Word: evens
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...could be put on the term-bills. There would then be no excuse for men not joining early on account of inconvenience, neglect, etc:, and it does not seem rash to say that under such conditions the membership would increase from 45 per cent to 75 per cent., or even more. There should at least be that percentage of undergraduates. The membership by classes and departments is as follows: 1905, 266 1906, 312 1907, 311 1908, 421 Law School, 157 All others...
...race of about a mile down stream from just below the Brighton bridge. Owing to the high wind and rough water the race was started late in the afternoon. The boat stroked by French was given a handicap of five seconds; Shepard's and Farley's crews started even. Owing to the accident to the rudder; Farley's boat ran ashore at the second bend below the start. Shepard's crew has already taken a slight lead and at the finish was but a quarter-length behind French's boat...
...cost about $600. Twenty-five bushels of brown-tail moth nests have been cut from the trees and burned. These nests were found in large numbers near the University Museum. The nests of the gypsy moth were painted with creosote. These were numerous in the Yard and were found even on the walls of the buildings...
...system and the free elective system, he said, is best illustrated by the difference between restrained liberty and unrestrained liberty. We can distinctly trace the origin of the free elective system of Harvard to the German universities. Conditions in American colleges, however, are quite different from those abroad, and, even admitting the very questionable success of this system at Harvard, it does not necessarily follow that the system would prove successful in other colleges and universities throughout the country. Although the system may be theoretically sound, it has never been tested to any extent, and it is impracticable to carry...
...what sort of system we have been advocating. It is a system demanded by the logic of circumstances; it is a rational system, one which contains room at all times for prescription of a definite quantity and quality of work, and at the right time--in the preparatory school--even for prescription of studies. Today a man comes to college, as old man as far advanced in his studies as former generations were by the middle or even the end of their college careers. Freshman year is the natural time for beginning election, since it marks the beginning of freedom...