Word: plan
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Rouner '20 who is vice-president of the Association, will speak on the subject: "The Harvard Plan of Church Co-operation." H. M. Thurston '16 will also present a new basis for membership in the Associations...
...organization of college coast artillery units is a fundamental part of the new scheme of the defense of the United States sea coast. The plan provides for radical changes in the coast defense policy of the government, so as to include as its basic element the utilization of railway and tractor ordnance of heavy calibre, linking the strategic points on he coast with existing railway systems. By means of the railroads and military roads capable of supporting heavy motor tractors, the whole system of defense will be changed from a static to a mobile one. For the officering of this...
...voting to extend the general examination plan now used in the Division of History, Government, and Economics to other departments, the Faculty has taken an important step which, if properly carried out, should increase the interest in scholarship at Harvard. The general examination is a much more adequate gauge of a man's knowledge of his subject than a series of tests at the end of each course. The latter are specific and detailed; a student may cram his head full of facts and pass them, but promptly forget all he has learned. College does not aim to inculcate...
...principle features in this plan is the swimming pool. This would be open to all members of the University, and would be of great advantage to the swimming team which now has no tank for its use expect that of the Y. M. C. A. Courts for Indoor tennis and squash are also included in the plans...
Another very important features is the indoor banked running track for winter practice and indoor track meets. The plan provides for several locker rooms which would furnish ample room for both the University squads and visiting teams. These facilities would greatly favor winter track which, as things now are, has to practice on an outdoor board track, subject to weather conditions...