Word: others
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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The meeting on Thursday evening of men from other colleges who are at present working in the different departments of the university was very interesting; and the report submitted by the committee appointed some months ago to look into the moral and intellectual condition of the life here, coming from...
The men who come to Harvard from other institutions form a distinct class. As one of the most prominent of them said at the meeting, they feel that they owe no allegiance to Harvard. They come here as the graduates of other institutions for the purpose of continuing their work...
In substance the report says that as nearly as can be ascertained, there are in the graduate and undergraduate departments, ninety-seven men from other colleges; of these, seventy-five, or 77.3 per cent. have given the statistics asked for by the committee. These seventy-five men represent sixty-four...
...reply to the questions, What advantages induced you to come to Harvard? Have your expectations been fulfilled? What advantages have you found that you did not expect? The answers are especially interesting; they show conclusively that men find here the advantages they have anticipated, and many others in addition. A full list of the advantages mentioned cannot be given, but a few of those most emphatically dwelt upon by the men who wrote the committee will be of interest; they are: general reputation, superiority of instructors, wide range of courses of instructions, methods of instruction including the elective system; various...
As to the moral tone of Harvard there is a very decided expression of opinion. The general consensus of this opinion is that the accusations brought against the University are grossly exaggerated, and have but little actual foundation; and that the moral atmosphere is as good or better than that...