Word: objectivity
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...conducted in New York this year. The proposal is to bring there for a period of seven weeks a group of fifty picked students, who will during this time undertake various forms of social service work in preparation for permanent work of this sort after graduation. The object is to give these men experience through first-hand experience in sections of New York where conditions are frequently at there worst. Every man before coming should have attended a student summer conference...
...activities of school clubs will be carried too far. Although arrangements should be made to see that every visitor to Cambridge, no matter from what school he may come, is properly entertained and given a fair idea of what the University is, we must beware of overzealous publicity. The object of the school clubs is to present Harvard to possible Freshmen as it really is, to explain to them its ideals and what it stands for, and to bring here only those men who believe in these ideals. Too much enthusiastic but misguided enthusiasm will do as much harm...
Shopping for a college elective should afford all the pleasures of commercial shopping. Look around a bit before you invest. Look over the goods on display. Surely no instructor will object to answering questions about the course he offers, or object to a silent auditor in his class. Sample the course before taking it. What do you think of the instructor? Can he give you a fresh point of view? Does his course offer good value to you? Of course it fits somebody--but does it fit you? Is it too elementary or too advanced...
...difficult to discover any valid objection to the new rules for concentration in ancient and modern languages As literature neither the Bible nor Shakespeare have has yet been seriously questioned. Among the great authors there is choice enough to satisfy differing tastes. Moreover, the spirit of the rules announces itself to be rightly revolutionary. "The primary object is not to exact performance of a task prescribed", says the pamphlet, "but to assist in the formation of a habit--the habit of reading good literature...
...Divisions mean exactly what they say in the pamphlet; "the primary object of the plan is not to exact performance of a task, but to assist in the formation of a habit--the habit of reading good literature...