Word: judgments
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...does he believe that the average boy of 18 years is mature and discreet enough to be allowed to come and go as he pleases, or to select his own course of subjects at the very beginning of his term out of a great multitude presented to his uninformed judgment from which to choose. Harvard has 200 courses of study, from which the student must choose a limited number in order to obtain a degree, and many of these are, in the opinion of Dr. McCosh, dilettante. "I should prefer," he says, "a young man who has been trained...
...stupendous exertion to review the work of months. We think that these complaints are unjust, and that the authors of the new rule have shown their real regard for the student's interest by thus depriving them of that time in which many men against their better judgment, unfit themselves by hard study for the three hours' work which is to follow. An examination in Philosophy or Political Economy, for example, requires that the physicaland mental condition of the student should be excellent, and that all his faculties should be on the alert, if good results...
...fourth Harvard was blanked for the first time, Tilden being the only man to get in a hit, but he was left at first. Dartmouth now made her first score on a two-bse hit by Quackenboss, a single by Chellis, and an error of judgment by Winslow, who held Scruton's fly to right field, but failed to field the ball home. McCarthy went out Wiestling to Willard, and the ining closed with the score six to one, for Harvard...
...class this evening by President Eliot concerning the choice of electives is well calculated to advance the interest in college study as pursued in elective courses. One of the strongest arguments against the elective system has been that an average freshman or sophomore is not of a sufficiently mature judgment to be fitted for a proper choice of what studies he ought to pursue. Harvard has in the past strongly urged the students to consult with the professors before making a final choice of studies. But never before has a class as a whole been able to avail itself...
...first the game was called on account of darkness. Austin, Holden and Hallowell batted the hardest for Harvard. Excepting some fine fly catches and a foul catch by Stagg, the fielding was not brilliant on eithre side. The umpiring was wretched, both sides suffering from, the bad judgment on strikes and balls, but the decisions on bases being invariably against Harvard...