Word: opinionative
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...recitations now in vogue at Harvard, although not materially lowering the average grade of scholarships, led to habits of laxity on the part of a certain class of students-a laxity which could hardly fail to result in an opposition to the true purposes of the University. The opinion of the Board of Overseers as to what is the best remedy for these evils seems to be well expressed in the regulations just passed. Their argument for the first vote appears to be that it is necessary for a student to form regular habits during his course at college...
...President Eliot in his recent report stated that the college faculty was wrestling with this problem, and it is said that the prevailing opinion among the professors in all departments of the university is favorable to an abbreviation of the college course from four years to three. It has also been pointed out that the prospective financial loss of a quarter of the tuition fees, which would follow if the course is reduced by one year, is the most serious bar to early and courageous action...
...action is based. While combating the proposed restrictions upon absences and choice of electives, and the provisions to have more frequent examinations, and "guardian angels for the whole freshman class," it supports the effort to secure more regular attendance at recitations. It condemns the vote as based on outside opinion rather than investigation, and as "a levelling down to a lazy man, a reduction of the standard in education. Even the most moderate of the restrictions, that upon attendance, is shown to be unnecessary under the present rules of the college. The plan of forming an Economical Club is criticized...
...history and economics, and the need of this training becomes more and more evident as our national problems become more intricate and more clearly problems to be solved by students and not by enthusiasts. The value of such training for women becomes more and more evident as their opinion and judgment are now being so rapidly brought to bear upon public questions...
...From year to year as this development has steadily progressed under the guidance of President Eliot, its moving spirit, it has been observed that those who were in a position to note the effect of the changes were unanimous, or nearly so, in the opinion that a great improvement was being wrought. No signs have appeared of any deterioration in the quality or quantity of work done...