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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Professor C. P. Parker stated that the ideal way was to scatter twelve courses through three groups, all centered about one main idea...
...entirely independent of the conduct of courses, and the tutors as such will have no control over the work or the grades of any student in any college course. Their assistance will naturally be of indirect benefit to the student in his work in individual courses, but their main function will be to help the student and guide him in the kind of reading and study which will be most useful toward his general progress in this Division. The attitude of the tutor will be that of a friend rather than of a task-master, and students may consult...
After defining the terms "trust" and "pool" Professor Durand stated that there were three main plans for dealing with these two forms of combination. The first of these, "laissez faire," he defined as the policy of having the government prohibit the trusts from using all monopolies, price discriminations and other unfair competitive methods, but otherwise to let them continue as they are. This policy is dangerous, for the growth in power of many of the trusts has not been due to any of these things, but rather to the practice of buying up their competitors and the willingness of these...
...main duty of the committee is to pass upon the most important matters relating to city and general government affecting the metropolitan district. Recently the committee submitted reports on two significant changes in the government of Boston. The first recommends a change in the budget system to correspond with that now in use in New York. This is the so-called "segregated budget" based on the estimates of the heads of departments and other officials showing in detail the specific items, whereas at present the lump appropriation budget is used in Boston. The report also recommends a standardizing...
...dearth of candidates for the University and Freshman track teams is the more unfortunate when the reasons which led to the team's defeat by Yale last year are considered. The main one was Harvard's failure to take a sufficient number of second and third places; that is, the team was not well-balanced. This deficiency seems destined to be the case again this year. But there is a simple remedy--more candidates. In no other sport is it so possible as it is in track to develop mediocre men into fairly good men, by a course of hard...