Word: greate
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Although an innumerable number of courses have been added to the college curriculum since the introduction of the elective system, one branch of professional study, in which a great many men now in college expect to engage after graduation, has been entirely overlooked. I refer to the establishment of a chair of journalism, to be classed under the same head as are all the English courses. There is no better way to test the popularity of an experimental course than making it in the first place voluntary, and then if the attendance warrants, changing it to a half or full...
...unsteady, owing to the large proportion of new men. This defect will be removed before the Cambridge concert by daily rehearsals. The Banjo Club is playing better than ever before, and its preparation for the Cambridge concert is almost completed. The prospect of the Western tour has been a great stimulus to the work of both clubs, and the result will be very apparent next Thursday evening...
...Woman suffrage is inexpedient. (a) The great majority of women do not desire suffrage. (b) The class of women who would make use of it would, as a rule, belong to the ignorant and degraded classes in large cities.- New Englander, 1884, p. 206-7. (c) The influence of the Roman Catholic Church would be vastly increased.- Forum IV, 14-15. (d) It would add 2,300,000 illiterate and ill-qualified voters to the 1,900,000 already existing...
...born confidence will be inspired into our athletic men, that one of many obstacles which have impeded Harvard's success in the past has now been removed. It has been openly acknowledged at other colleges that Harvard's defeats during the past three years have been in great measure owing to the baneful restriction imposed by the faculty.- So long as these restrictions confrued, it was confidently maintained that we could never hope to equal other colleges in athletics...
...clubs. During the entire time, I never saw anything of an objectionable character take place in our meeting with professionals. We never associated with them at all when off the ball field. They had no influence whatever with any of our men. On the other hand, we derived very great advantage from our games with them in base-ball proficiency...