Word: pamphlet
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...very timely and valuable pamphlet has just been issued by the college. As it announces, it is "a brief statement of what Harvard University is, how it may be entered, and how its degrees may be obtained." To those of us who have always been intimate with Harvard, and have known all about its institutions, this pamphlet serves only as a reminder of the expanse of the University, and as a convenient book of reference; but to those people (and there are many of them) who know Harvard merely by name as a University of high repute, this little pamphlet...
...pamphlet describes the government of the University-the corporation (consisting of the president, treasurer, and five fellows), and the thirty-two overseers (elected five every year by the alumni). It further mentions the different opportunities offered to college men in all branches of study and recreation. It shows how men with small means can work their way through college, by means of scholarships, tutoring, etc.; and it shows that small means are no disadvantage to a man in his social intercourse, or intellectual pursuits. The chances for a man who graduates from Harvard are also very good...
...pamphlet then goes on to take up separately the different departments of the University, and to show the requirements and qualifications necessary for admission, and the course which the students must pursue in order to get a degree. For the college proper the standard of requirements for admission is high, but they are so elastic that they fit the needs of almost every candidate. Considerable attention is given to showing just what is necessary to fulfil the requirements for admission...
...with its numerous scholarships, the Law School and its practical work, the Medical School with its high standard and opportunities for hospital work, the Dental School, the Veterinary School, the Bussey Institute for those intending to become landscape gardeners, etc, the Summer Schools,-all are amply described in the pamphlet. The pamphlet concludes with a clear notice of the advantages and opportunities offered by the observatory, the library, the various laboratories, and museums, the religious exercises, the athletic buildings and fields, and the prizes given by the University...
...same line with the above work was the distribution last summer of the pamphlet showing the opportunities provided here for religious worship, instruction and fellowship. This pamphlet was sent not only to parents and guardians of students, but to many persons who would be unlikely to know the real feeling of the University. Almost on this same line of work is the present distribution of a pamphlet by Secretary Bolles, stating briefly what Harvard University is, giving an outline of almost every branch of University and student work...