Word: freedom
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Believes in Freedom as Educator...
...value of freedom as the great educator of man has always been one of President Eliot's beliefs. For this reason, he introduced the free elective system to allow every student to choose the subjects for which he felt a natural inclination. He realized that no work could be done happily and well which did not really interest the worker...
...Freedom of conscience is one of the principles for which Harvard has always stood. The University was one of the first in the country to divorce itself from association with any particular church. All races of all religions and beliefs are admitted on an equal footing. This fact makes the University what it is,-a small world within itself. These traditions of Harvard are too sacred to be violated...
...proposed bill is likely to pass Congress. In order that we may make sure and safe on honest and democratic education, we must see to it that national aid and guidance be combined with absolute local independence. This is a problem that concerns nothing less than the future of freedom in the United States. It comes home to every thinking American...
...three main difficulties to be met are to make arrangements so that a student enrolled in one group may easily change to another group if there is need of it, to provide a similar freedom of interchange of professors so that they should not be too much tied to one group of undergraduates, and to adjust the Freshman studies so that the professors are interested in teaching and know how to teach, while the senior instructors are interested in professional preparation and know what is needed to prepare a man for his profession...