Word: meres
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...plan of hour-credits has more behind it than mere theoretical logic; its practicability has been proven in colleges all over the country and it is now the accepted system in nistitutions of all sizes. There is nothing in the present makeup of Harvard which would prevent the smooth working of such a system and there is no official objection to it in principle. The existing method of assigning course credits at Harvard is archaic and unjust; the suggested plan is equitable and practical, and only an excess of inertia stands in the way of its adoption...
...spring football practice becomes a compulsory matter, if it is looked upon by those who participate in it as a duty rather than a privilege, if the incentive becomes a desire for the rah-rah "die for dear old Rutgers" sort of glory characteristic of many colleges, rather than mere love of the game and a natural longing to excel in it, it is time to side with the Carnegie Foundation and condemn it as a pernicious institution...
...term to three years, and the introduction of Professor Langdell's case system and Professor Amca' lectures in legal theory, was transformed from a "disgrace to Massachuselia" into the country's outstanding legal institution. The Medical School undertook to teach medicine as a science rather than as the mere art of healing...
Wine, Beer and Champagne bring up the tail end of the list but have been completely outclassed by their stronger rivals. Wine sales total a mere six, while Beer has a meagre sum of three to its credit. Scared away by the cost of Champagne, students have only made two purchases of the "Nectar of the Gods," in the two months since repeal. Port and Sherry head the list of wines and in the Champagne division "Heldsick" and "Chateau Rheims" divide the two points...
...grace the ranks of even the assistant professors. He has had to publish works of supposed scholastic merit which have been deemed essential to admit him to the fellowship of learned men. Many of these treatises have received no circulation beyond the examining board and are composed merely to satisfy an academic whim. After casting a casual glance over titles of the obscure subjects upon which the academic aspirant must write, one is inclined to wonder if this really is a true indication of scholarship. Are tracts on scholastic minutiae essential, do they indicate which are the sheep and which...