Word: periodical
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Saturday the Crimson published the plans of the Departments of English and of Philosophy in regard to the Reading Period. Below appear the reports of the Departments of Government and Mathematics on the same subject. Professor W. Y. Elliott, Chairman of the Government department wrote the following article...
...departure Charles Darwin was still convinced of the immutability of species. He had read the fabulous evolutionary theories of Lamarck, based on the "longing" of species to change or improve. These he considered, as did most other repu table naturalists of the period, pure pishtosh. But eight years spent among the strange leaves and unbelievable beetles of South America, among the cannibalistic Fuegian savages (with three of whom, notably one Jemmy Button, he became intimate), among the corals of the Pacific Islands and the animals and fish that swarmed in the dark oceans, made him less certain. He foresaw that...
...weeks' duration. Uncovering the news of each day, and writing news stories under careful supervision constitute the duties of the candidates for the News Department. For the first week the aspirants work under the immediate direction and advice of the editors, covering assigned stories. At the end of this period, although a few regular assignments are maintained, candidates are expected to supply, on their own initiative, the daily quota of news...
...most salient generalization to be derived from Dean Hanford's thorough exposition of the conduct of the imminent Reading Periods is that the Faculty has "confidence in the ability of the student and in his desire to use the opportunities well." This, with the general undergraduate attitude eagerness to test the experiment and at least an open mind toward its possible results--is an encouraging augur for what must be admitted is an unknown field. Whatever be the outcome of the Period it will have been based on a mutual understanding of both Faculty and students. Each realizes that there...
...article there is little to be said. If a maxim is to be offered it is--"Peruse--and contemplate thereon." One learns that, "examination papers will have to be prepared and graded with especial care"; that regular tutorial reading in addition to course reading will continue during the Reading Period--a fact not plainly understood heretofore; that the Library is making plans so as to be able to meet the increasing demands on its shelves; that there will be no "mechanical check on attendance"--possibly the most practical evidence of the University's sincere trust in undergraduate sensibility and self...