Word: muste
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...which has been expended in late years in reforming, if not wholly remodeling institutions of higher learning, there has become ever more apparent, the fact that the gap between the universities and the secondary schools not only has by no means been bridged, but rather is increasingly widening. Such must, indeed, inevitably be the case, the colleges advancing rapidly along the lines both of greatly diversifying their curricula and at the same time emphasizing specialization, the schools remaining essentially stationary both in courses of study offered, and in the attitude taken to them...
...been put forward on the part of the secondary schools, there still remains the barrier imposed by the college entrance examinations. And it is from the side of the colleges, it seems, that the next step in unifying the educational programs of the secondary and higher institutions of learning must come...
Certain aspects of their contract with their men are very interesting. Men must be American citizens, twenty-one years of age or over, and unmarried. It is understood that the first term is for three years, during which time a man does not marry and goes to such parts of the Orient as may be determined by the Company. At the end of three years he has an extended furlough, is permitted to visit the United States, and in many cases men on such furloughs cease to be bachelors...
...incumbent must be a member of the Senior Class in Harvard College or of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and must carry on his studies under the supervision of the Department of Economics. No one not prepared to undertake a year of research work in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, should enter the competition for the prize...
...advisors and the department heads, the men may still consult their student advisors informally. In addition, Freshmen will receive a pamphlet of reprints from articles appearing in the CRIMSON which discusses the departments of concentration and provides the electing student a comprehensive view of the fields from which he must make his choice. Further assistance seems not only unnecessary, but a tempting prop to the occasional man who would make his decision without the effort of individual investigation...