Word: matter
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...parts of the curriculum of the school somewhat arbitrarily forced upon the student, and not of direct value commensurate with the things needed in professional life. It is well-nigh impossible, for example, to persuade a student of law, medicine, or engineering that literature is for him a serious matter, on a par with his technical work. General subjects are, therefore, likely to be neglected or treated lightly when studied in a school primarily professional. When, on the other hand, professional courses are introduced into a college curriculum, they are apt to suffer, not, indeed, as compared with the general...
...courses can be made from reading the elective pamphlet alone. Particularly are snap judgments inadvisable,--a selection made on the assurance of a classmate that the course is "easy," a sudden whim, or even at times the advice of a Faculty adviser. Trial visits, careful consideration of both subject-matter and instructor are necessary. In spite of the annoying but necessary "red tape" involved, the Committee on Electives readily allows intelligent changes. And in a matter involving one's intellectual development it pays to go slowly,--and carefully...
...Hearn has full authority to grant the H. A. A. a permit, and that in case the commissioner fails to grant this permit, the H. A. A. has recourse to the Board of Appeal. This was the first legal advice which the Boston city authorities have sought on this matter...
...CRIMSON yesterday morning printed an article on the present situation in the matter of extra seats at the Yale game. In stating the two aspects of the case, the wording used unfortunately was such that room has been made for a misinterpretation of the stand taken by the H. A. A. Following is a communication from Graduate Treasurer F. W. Moore '93, which in stating officially the points involved in the controversy will undoubtedly clear up all doubt which may have arisen on the subject...
...this fall at New Haven. You say, "According to the Boston city ordinance the construction of wooden stands is illegal." This would naturally make it appear that the Association is trying to persuade the city authorities to violate the law by issuing a permit for such stands. As a matter of fact, it is the contention of the Association that the law does not forbid a temporary wooden structure of the type we propose, and that a permit for its erection is entirely within the discretion of the authorities. The Building Commissioner takes the opposite view. While the authorities might...