Word: farness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...present would be a little below the railroad bridge on which the observation train is to run. The New York, New haven, and Hartford officials fear that, unless the course is changed, an accident might occur owing to the tendency of the onlookers in the train to lean too far out over the observation platform railing. At a conference held yesterday between the officials of the railroad and the Rowing Committees of the two universities, the proposed change was discussed. Whether the 150 feet in question will be cut off the end of the course without making up the distance...
...practice of awarding degrees on the basis of examinations in individual courses. Each branch of the curriculum thus becomes a sort of watertight compartment and the student too often fails to perceive its relation to any other branch. Harvard, some years ago, set out to correct this situation so far as her own students are concerned by establishing a general examination in connection with the bachelor of arts degree and found the experiment so helpful that the plan is now being greatly extended...
There is no doubt that the Amherst authorities are on the right track, College professors the country over have been far too much concerned about giving instruction and have paid too little heed to the problem of testing the student's general calibre. It is quite possible that we might obtain more education by giving less instruction, thus throwing the undergraduate to a greater extent upon his own resources. --Boston Herald...
...gets drunk and maltreats his family, or becomes a menace or nuisance to those with whom he comes in contact, the result, far from being liberty, is a clear infringement of the liberties of other people, as it subjects them to definite inconveniences and restraints, if not sufferings. Even the man who becomes passively drunk, quite apart from harming himself, is cheating society out of his usefulness. It is all very well to say that free government is better than good government, and that prohibition is an infringement of private liberty. But when liberty has become to a large extent...
Sixteen horses arrived yesterday for the University Artillery Unit, and until further arrangements are completed, will be stabled at the Commonwealth Armory. This brings the total number of horses received so far up to 21. They will be used this summer in the voluntary riding class which will be organized at the opening of the summer school. Although no credit will be given for this course in equitation, the experience will be a valuable one, especially for those who intend entering the unit in the fall...