Word: higher
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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From actual statistics it is shown that at Andover the football eleven of last season had a considerably higher scholarship average than that of the whole school...
...absent from any exercise during the entire term, and that another member lost but one; also that two men on the football team are on the honor list, and that two others lacked but one mark. It will also be noticed that the upper classes have a higher percentage than the lower, and the classical side is better than the English. The conclusions can be drawn from a study of the figures; that football success is not incompatible with scholarship; that football is an intellectual game, and not merely a test of physical strength, and that the active scholarship rule...
Nothing can be more gratifying to friends of the University than the continued growth of the graduate departments, in the face of the higher requirements for admission that have been imposed. An enlargement of the Law School building and the removal of the Medical School to a new site with the possibility of a hospital as an adjunct, are to be expected in the not remote future, though in the latter case, the means are not yet at hand. The establishment of a "Retiring Allowance Fund" on such a scale as to enable the Corporation to fix a retiring...
...degree is general in character and corresponds to that of Master of Arts in the academic department. The degree is conferred on graduates of Yale and other universities, of two years' standing or upwards, who have taken their first degree in science and who pursue successfully a higher course of study under the direction of the governing board. Such a course will involve at least one year of resident study, followed by an examination and presentation of a satisfactory thesis, in some department of science. All candidates for this degree must submit their proposed courses of study to a committee...
Unusual opportunities are offered through the G. L. Harrison foundation, for the pursuit of higher education and for original research. On this foundation are established eight scholarships, nineteen fellowships, and five senior fellowships...