Word: interest
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...been made by the United States Government of the plans for the organization of Coast Artillery Units of the R. O. T. C. which will be established in about fourteen colleges and universities of the country that as yet have not been selected. This information is of double interest as it is the first expansion of the government's R. O. T. C. policy to other branches of the service than the Field Artillery, and as an important step in the re-organization of the whole system of the coast defenses of the United States...
...officer. In addition, practically every branch of knowledge has its military applications. In most cases a slight addition of material to a course, showing the military application of the principles taught, will add not only to the military value of that course, but will greatly increase its general interest and value to the student...
...question for this year's debate is: Resolved, that the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution should be repealed." Due to the fact that national prohibition goes into effect on July 1, the question is one of unusual interest...
This afternoon's work-out will probably end the spring practice for the football squad. It will be the third scrimmage held, and, as it also concludes the third week of work, with the hot weather coming on and the resultant lack of interest, the coaches have decided that, unless something unusual causes a change, it will be the last practice for the squad until next fall...
...voting to extend the general examination plan now used in the Division of History, Government, and Economics to other departments, the Faculty has taken an important step which, if properly carried out, should increase the interest in scholarship at Harvard. The general examination is a much more adequate gauge of a man's knowledge of his subject than a series of tests at the end of each course. The latter are specific and detailed; a student may cram his head full of facts and pass them, but promptly forget all he has learned. College does not aim to inculcate...