Word: methods
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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There are at least three feasible methods of attack. The first is that of compulsory undergraduate membership, the second that of administration by the college with free membership to all Harvard men, the third simply that of making the Union worth while, of placing in the very centre of the University such a vitally interesting institution as to compel membership out of sheer honest interest. The only true Harvard plan is the last method. The writer believes that he can outline a fair way to victory were such a plan adopted...
...bleacher student' from the college teams and center it on his own activities, is not through the speeches and magazine articles which have continued for years, nor through the radical alteration of any of the features of the 'big games,' nor through dumb-bell exercises and calisthenics; the practical method to bring this theory 'general athletics for all, highly specialized athletics for none' is to require physical exercise for Freshmen and to place an enthusiast in charge of the work...
...method of conducting Senior elections suggests a simple remedy. Merely reverse the system. Have the class officers nominate men for each office, two weeks, for example, previous to the election. Then allow nominations by petition to be made until within a few hours of the balloting. Confronted by a list of candidates, the class would add more nominees, if it so desired, and if petitions were not forthcoming, approval of the nominations by the class officers would be silently signified...
...method of attack would be wisely left to the choice of the committee, but considerations are suggested along these lines: (1) a thorough study of similar institutions in other colleges, dealing particularly with their successes and failures, their financial status, and their basis of popularity, and from this data, the derivation of an application to our own problem; and then (2) a campaign to gain the widespread interest in the Union, the popularity, which will be its sustaining power. This would mean more entertainments of general appeal, better eating arrangements; in short, more comprehensive adaptability to the social needs...
...Costa Rica and England are equally represented, or in which the International Army drills constantly at the Hague, understand neither the spirit nor the necessity of the time. The vital thing, at the moment, is to train men, and particularly statesmen, to the realization that conference is a better method than war for the settlement of disputes. International Government is bound to grow slowly and to encounter every degree of hesitation and scepticism. The League of Nations at the present time means nothing more than the admission that there is a common good in the world and that we must...