Word: experimentation
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Electromagnetic waves were supposed to be transported through space in a jelly-like medium called the ether. But the difficulty of constructing a coherent mathematical picture of the ether proved insuperable. Furthermore, the famed Michelson-Morley experiment showed fairly conclusively that the ether did not exist.
"As has been previously explained, the whole plan of not reporting attendance in advanced courses which are taken primarily by Juniors and Seniors is being tried as an experiment. An especial appeal is made to undergraduates not to abuse the present system."
When Harvard announced recently the terms of the Nieman Fund fellowships for the use of practicing American journalists it was predicted in these columns that the majority of the applicants would seek to take courses in economics, government or related subjects. The news from Cambridge is that this prediction was...
These seven Counselors will hold, apparently, one year appointments and are to perform no other teaching function than that of armchair pedagogues who sit and wait for pupils to ferret them out. From the lively group of Yardlings already on the trail of Americana under the direction of the Freshman...
This is an auspicious beginning. The group is now an independent unit; but if as the spring comes on, the experiment is successful, then will be time for the Athletic Association and the Alumni to come to the aid of the Undergraduates and put yachting at Harvard on the permanent...