Word: objections
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...geographical distribution of candidates who were admitted indicates that one object of the new plan is likely to be attained--namely, that it will be instrumental in securing a wider representation of students from different parts of the country. Under the old plan of admission, the pecentage of students admitted from schools outside of New England has never been over 20 per cent. Of the candidates admitted this year under the new plan, about 50 per cent come from schools outside of New England...
...object of the date-book, as distinguished from the calendar in the CRIMSON, is to avoid conflicts. Many minor conflicts, and several large ones, have already been avoided. However, the committee believed that the real cause of many conflicts was due to the superabundance of 8 o'clock meetings and the lack of regular days for serial lectures. Mr. Whiting's concerts have been changed from Tuesday to Thursday evenings, to make Thursday a musical evening--with these and the Symphony concerts and Union pop-nights--and to leave the Union free right to Tuesday evening. Lectures held...
Such lack of system necessarily results in confusion. The man who has lost a note-book, which he desires to regain as soon as possible, does not know where to apply. The finder, since he knows of no way to reach the loser, is encouraged to pocket the object, if he can use it, or leave it to be picked up by the attendant...
...While I recognize that great good is done by travelling fellowships intended to provide the means of study and research for young men who are preparing themselves for a scholar's career, I have in mind a different object, which is that of benefiting young men of worth, who, without necessarily having attained to the highest scholarship in college, have made good use of their opportunities and give promise of success in professional or business careers...
...establishment of the honor system should be regarded as an extreme measure, to be reluctantly applied in spite of its obvious disadvantages, when student opinion is confessedly so rotten, or so puerile, as to make a general reformation in this respect the object of desperate experiment. It may be seriously questioned, however, whether inefficient or insufficient proctoring, like inefficient or insufficient police, is not the most to blame for lawlessness...