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...another year it appears that the Crimson will have a crew capable of winning performances in long distances, but it will probably be too ponderous to win the shorter races over first class competitors. However, the substitution of Tommy Hunter at cox just before the race at Princeton will lighten the boat by 2.2 pounds while still allowing for maximum advantage in weight and power...
Although Harvard has steadily decreased the number of courses required for a degree since the advent of the tutorial system, University Hall has made no effort whatever to lighten the burden of those few men in each class who seek to complete their work in three years...
...been felt that to lighten requirements for those who graduate in three years would encourage departure from the normal four-year standard. However, those who seek a three-year degree at the present time do so only for special reasons, and a slight relaxation of requirements would probably not increase this small number. Students seeking a degree in three years do nearly as much tutorial work as all other students and take courses equally advanced. To make possible for the course reduction that all others receive, with fifteen courses required for a degree and possible remission of one course during...
...delivered by John S. White '69, of the Senior Class. Then Clifford inducted President Eliot into the office, and the new President replied, I will take up this weighty charge with a deep sense of insufficiency, but yet with youthful hope, and a good courage. High examples will lighten the way. The University is strong in the ardor and self-sacrifices of its teachers, in the vigor and wisdom of the Corporation and Overseers, and in the public spirit of the community. Above all, I devote myself to the sacred work, in the firm faith that...
There can be no doubt that the President intends to lighten the teaching burden of the members of the faculty in order to give them more time for research. And since it is the tutorial system which has been responsible for the existing situation, the prevailing suspicion is that tutorial work is slated for curtailment. The tutorial system has labored under the handicap of being a new-fangled appendage to an old machine, and its recognition by many of the older professors has been grudging. Yet in the space of a decade or so, it has achieved a remarkable degree...