Word: minors
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Concerto for Pianoforts (in G. minor) Mendelssohn...
This method of management has some minor faults, however, though not, we believe, irremediable. For one thing the students believe the extreme secrecy with which it conducts its affairs, particularly its intercollegiate correspondence, in a large part is unnecessary. They feel that the college athletics are primarily the affairs of the undergraduates, that the Athletic Committee is in a way responsible to them, and that they therefore have a right to know what it is doing in all important matters. They realize however that intercollegiate athletics are not conducted as frankly and openly as true amateur sport demands they should...
...Minor travel...
...development of the elective system at Harvard is one of the chief glories of the University, but it has brought some evils in its train which are fast ceasing to be of minor importance. The chief of these is experienced every fall whom the undergraduates attempt to choose their courses for the ensuing year. The difficulty of selecting four desirable courses which do not conflict is a most serious...
There would probably be more satisfaction given if these evening hours were reserved for the small, advanced courses as far as possible without conflicting. This would relieve the pressure on the morning and afternoon hours and the big lecture courses could be better divided. There are some minor advantages to evening hours. The process of taking lecture notes requires less mental exertion than writing a theme or studying a text-book. Therefore, it would be more rational to do this original work in the morning when the brain is fresh, and save the evening for the more mechanical tasks...