Word: objection
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...argument in favor of the honor system in conducting examinations seems to me to be based upon a mistaken view of the object of the present method of supervision by proctors. If the precise object of supervising written examinations is that of inculcating a sense of honor in the participants, there may be something said for banishing the proctor; and we may even welcome the evidence, which is doubtless trustworthy, that in some colleges where cheating has been rife and where there has been practically no public sentiment against it, the introduction of the honor system has apparently brought...
...that a man comes here primarily to obtain as much benefit from his courses as possible. If, therefore, by any alteration of curriculum, the authorities can increase the present amount of that benefit, if follows that they are merely helping students toward what is acknowledged to be the main object in attending College...
There will be a meeting of all candidates for the editorial board of the Freshman Red Book in the Trophy Room of the Union tonight at 8 o'clock. The proposed object and plan of the work will be outlined by R. T. P. Storer '14 and J. H. Lowell '14, chairman of the Red Book Committee. Members of last year's board will also speak to the candidates. Men of drawing, literary, or business ability are especially urged to attend...
...intelligent and far-sighted choice of courses cannot be over-emphasized. All too frequently we hear the criticism that college students obtain no lasting benefit from the four years spent in their higher education simply because they do not correlate the subjects which they elect to study. The prime object of limiting the choice of electives is to obviate this criticism by directing the student's choice properly into the different fields of learning...
...Morris Loeb '83; second vice-president, Professor C. E. Munroe '71; third vice-president, Professor T. W. Richards '86; secretary-treasurer, Dr. G. P. Baxter '96. The constitution was read and approved, and it was voted to hold a meeting yearly either in Cambridge or in Boston. The object of the association is two-fold: to advance the study of chemistry at the University, and to bring the members of the alumni interested in chemistry together socially...