Word: periodicals
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...what Edmond Sherer said of democracy; that it is but one stage in an irresistible march toward an unknown goal? Progress means change, and every time of growth is a transitional era; but in a peculiar degree the present state of the American college bears the marks of a period of transition. This is seen in the comparatively small estimation in which high proficiency in college studies is held both by undergraduates and by the public at large; for if college education were closely adapted to the needs of the community, excellence of achievement therein ought to be generally recognized...
...then the college is passing through a transitional period, and is not to be absorbed between the secondary school on the one side and the professional school on the other, we must construct a new solidarity to replace that which is gene. The task before us is to frame a system which, without sacrificing individual variation too much, or neglecting the pursuit of different scholarly interests, shall produce an intellectual and social cohesion, at least among large groups of students, and points of contact among them all. This task is not confined to any one college, although more urgent...
History 11b hf., History of England during the Stuart Period, and History 20f will be given in the second half year by Junior Professor Cross (University of Michigan...
From another point of view the results of this year's races were especially gratifying. Coach Wray has just finished his fifth year at Harvard and the record of his crews in this period is remarkable. During these years Harvard has won three out of five races for university eights and four out of five for freshman eights...
...clause relating to participating life membership now reads as follows: "A student finally leaving the University, may become a participating life member by the payment of $10 at the time of application for such membership, and by signing at the same time an agreement to pay within the period of four years thereafter, $40, in annual instalments of not less than $10 each...