Word: objections
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...also seems unjust to refuse a cup where there is only one entry. The chief object of the H. A. A. is to encourage athletics here. Now, as the contestants in many of the events of the in-door meeting practise together daily, it is well known beforehand who is likely to win; and often the man whose chances are best is left to enter the contest alone. Hence, under the present rule, a man is actually discouraged from trying to excel, knowing that if he acquires a decided superiority over others, no one will enter against...
...second object is, to reward those who now distinguish themselves in special branches. A man who is enough of a specialist to stand well in a certain subject, and no others, should try for Final Honours; they are for specialists, and convey great distinction. A student who does not care enough for his special study to take honours in it, or for other studies to get an average of eighty per cent, ought not to complain if his merits are not rewarded by a place on the Commencement programme, and should be satisfied with the credit given him each year...
...instructors in History had refused to tell the men in his elective their marks on the semi-annual examination. We should refrain from repeating the complaint if we had not understood from various quarters that the custom was increasing. It is difficult to discover the especial object in withholding these marks. If a student has not succeeded in passing a creditable examination, it is evidently of the utmost importance that he should know it, in order that he may bring up his average by closer application. If, on the other hand, he has done well, it is equally important that...
...more studies, provided, in special cases, they shall also attain a certain average mark; and, at the same time, those who obtain a high average mark will be entitled to all the distinction it has heretofore conferred. Honors in an institution of learning can have no other object than to incite a spirit of emulation among its members, and we have no doubt that the Faculty, by a juster distribution of them, and by an enlargement of their scope, will increase their efficiency. It is difficult to conceive of an objection to a just and fair acknowledgment to any student...
...pleasure will be obtained by many others besides churchmen is to neutralize the intention for which it is given. To find fault with giving a vacation after Easter, because Easter is an ecclesiastical institution, and Harvard is an unsectarian college, is almost as absurd as it would be to object to having a vacation at Christmas. Placing a vacation after Easter or at Christmas does not commit the Faculty to the recognition either of Easter or Christmas. These seasons are chosen as times of cheerfulness, when we shall find it pleasantest to be at home with our families...