Word: higher
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...system has apparently created a higher standard of honor among students. This, it is thought will be fostered and preserved by the new constitution, in that an undergraduate committee of investigation and punishment in cases of violation is established with a regular mode of procedure in such cases. This committee consists of six members, chosen from the student body, and it has power to deal with all cases involving violations of the system. The presidents of the four classes and one senior and one junior make up the committee. This committee has the power to summon the accused persons...
...marble pilasters, which will support a richly-paneled and ornamented flat ceiling. Marble doorways will lead thence to the left and right, to the president's room and to the offices. Directly ahead the vestibule will open into the main reading room, which will be on a some what higher level and occupy the entire space beneath the dome, which will have a diameter of 70 feet. From four piers of limestone at the corners will rise four richly-coffered vaults, corresponding to the four arms of the building, and from them will spring the dome to a height...
...University games alone offer the opportunity for competition on the track regardless of time limit or any other form of intercollegiate disqualification. The list of entries runs, of course, higher than in the class games, and among the competitors in the various events are sure to be all of Harvard's best men. The games, aside from being very interesting in themselves, will make possible some sort of comparison between the Harvard and Yale teams. The annual Yale games were held only a short time ago, and an excellent set of records were reported from them. With favorable conditions today...
...seven courses of lectures in the short season - two months - of 1890, the number grew to 87 in 1891, 105 in 1892, 111 in 1893, and 135 in 1894. Dr. James looks upon the record of last year as a very gratifying one, the percentage of increase being higher than in any previous year, while the year was marked by business depression which caused many educational movements to suffer...
...discussion was hold on the necessity of maintaining a more uniform, and a higher standard for the doctor's degree. Professor Wheeler of Cornell University took part in the discussion...