Word: planning
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...present the purpose and value of the Northfield Conference, a meeting will be held in the Parlor of Brooks House next Tuesday at 7.30 o'clock at which certain graduates and undergraduates will outline in more detail the life at Northfield during past years and also the prospective plan for this year. Every man who is at all interested is invited to be present at this meeting to hear the plans or to ask questions, whether he is planning to attend the conference...
According to a statement by Hamilton Holt, an entire page of the "Independent" is to be edited by the Lampoon, the first issue to appear within a few weeks. This plan was originated by W. R. Burlingame '13, formerly of the Lampoon and now on the staff-of the "Independent." When it was decided to run a comic section in the "Independent," the idea was brought up of intrusting it to college men and the first issue under the new policy has been tendered to the Lampoon. If it proves a success, subsequent issues may be put in charge...
...Economics, namely, the general examination and the tutorial system. And they are complementary. The task of the tutor is to intelligently guide the student in his preparation for the final examination, to assist him in that organization and correllation of his work which is the key-note of the plan. His work begins where the adviser's work ends. The adviser still superintends the choice of courses made by the student although it is to be expected, probably, that a capable tutor will tend to influence this choice. It will be impossible so sharply to distinguish the task of choosing...
...general examination on the other hand, modelled after the plan in use for doctorate examinations, including a general examination for the division work and a supplementary special test for the department or field, reaches over the whole matter of choice and organization and focuses the work of the adviser, tutor and student...
Beginning last fall a new plan was adopted for procuring the undergraduate fund. Subscriptions were received from men regardless of the fact whether or not they belonged to any branch of the Association. Judging from the results so far this method seems to have proved entirely satisfactory...