Word: mastering
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Candidates for the degree of Master of Arts...
...Legislative Act of 1865, "Such persons as have received from the College a Degree of Bachelor of Arts or Master of Arts, or any Honorary Degree," are entitled to vote for Overseers, "Provided, however, that no member of the Corporation and no officer of government or instruction in said College shall be eligible as an Overseer or entitled to vote in the election of Overseers; and provided further that no person who has received from said College the Degree of Bachelor of Arts shall be entitled to vote for Overseers before the fifth annual election after the graduation...
...concurrent vote of the President and Fellows and the Board of Overseers, under the Legislative Act of 1902, "The recipients of all degrees heretofore or hereafter granted by Harvard College other than the recipients of the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, and Honorary Degrees, whose rights are fixed by Chapter 173 of the Acts of 1865 as amended, shall be entitled to vote for Overseers to the same extent to which recipients of the degree of Bachelor of Arts may now so vote and under the same restrictions...
...system inaugurated by the Harvard School of Education is one which has been found fundamentally sound elsewhere. The graduate of a recognized college or normal school, after several years work as a graduate student may attain the degree of Master of Education. This degree will mean not only that the holder has gained a mastery of the principles of pedagogy and their application, but also that he or she has had considerable, experience in the handling of classes. It will mean that the graduate of the Educational school will be in a position to demand and receive higher rate...
...Teaching. By 1906 the scope of the courses offered in the field of education had grown to such an extent that a Division of Education was created as a subdivision of the Department of Arts and Sciences. For the first time in 1896 the degree of Master of Arts was offered, based on progress in studies lying within the field of Education. A further advance in this direction was made in 1905, when the first degree of Doctor was conferred in this field...