Word: freedom
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Presumably this method was designed with a view to freeing the instructors from much petty haggling over grades, on the ground that the student's ignorance of his marks brings bliss to the instructor. Undoubtedly such freedom from tedious discussion and importunity is a blessing to the instructor. On the other hand, it leaves him defenceless against frequent suspicions of unfairness. It seems reasonable to expect that an instructor whose gradings are fair should be willing to support his judgment rather than take refuge behind a secret code of marks...
...changes wrought in the college have weakened the old solidarity and unity of aim, they have let in light and air. They have given us a freedom of movement needed for further progress. May we not say of the extreme elective system what Edmond Sherer said of democracy; that it is but one stage in an irresistible march toward an unknown goal? Progress means change, and every time of growth is a transitional era; but in a peculiar degree the present state of the American college bears the marks of a period of transition. This is seen in the comparatively...
...likely to possess for many years. Moreover, excellent as the German system is for Germany, it is not wholly suited to our Republic, which cannot, in my opinion, afford to lose the substantial, if intangible, benefits the nation has derived from its colleges. Surely the college can give freedom of thought, a breadth of outlook, a training for citizenship, which neither the secondary nor the professional school in this country can equal...
...Academic Freedom"--Count von Bernstorff...
...times, and forms a large basis for American institutions. The main features of the ancient Jewish government were the division of authority into legislative, judicial, and executive bodies; the existence of two representative bodies, the Great Congregation and the Council of Elders; the first constitutional king known to history; freedom of speech; free industrial education provided by law; and an established church, to which membership and support were optional. The Levitical Code was regulative, not mandatory. It did not require worship, but prescribed absolute forms for those who chose to worship or to make sacrifices. Blasphemy was a capital offense...