Word: paternalisme
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We have said before that the Senior advisor system will never be successful as long as the College Office gives the Senior the impression that it is not particularly interested in his work as an Advisor. It is to counteract this impression that the grades of advisees have been sent...
Mr. Haskell is to be commended for his attack on the Rank List. The "liberal attitude towards the function of a college" is not only well-worth preserving, even if Harvard stands almost alone among universities in this respect, but also merits being advanced. And, while our method of concentration...
On first sight the arguments sound convincing enough; a second reading, however, reveals a misunderstanding of the facts. Until the time of President Eliot the attitude of the University was not, as Mr. Haskell assumes, that "the college was selling certain commodities and the purchaser had the right to make...
Not only is this "new" policy far from new, but furthermore it is doubtful whether paternalism at Harvard is an absolute evil. A liberal tradition is all very well; but it implies a general degree of maturity in the students considerably higher than that which we know to exist now...
The proposal to return the railroads to government operation denies a fair trial to the private managers, who have recently received them in a depleted condition from the government. "Public ownership and development of all natural recources" smacks too much of paternalism to appeal to the average American mind. Attempt...