Word: portions
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...hope of those interested in the Herbarium that ultimately it will be possible to reconstruct the entire old portion of the building, including the laboratory wing which lies to the east. Thus absolute safety would be provided against loss which a fire would cause to the valuable specimens which the Herbarium contains...
...Freshman dormitory system in the inaugural address, the administration has pursued a policy tending primarily toward the elevation of the academic standard by means of co-operation with the student body. The broadening of entrance requirements, the modification of the elective system so that students will "devote a considerable portion of their time to some one subject, and also take a number of general courses in wholly unrelated fields," the encouragement of the University Extension system, the institution of the new degree of Associate in Arts, and the development of the exchange professorships, form a fairly complete list...
...Charles Mills Gayley, an extract from whose recent book, "Idols of Education," is quoted below, is apparently a pessimist concerning conditions at American colleges. Nevertheless the following extract should interest the thinking portion of the Harvard undergraduate body...
...CRIMSON commented on the fact that frequently Harvard news was published by newspapers in a garbled and untrue form. There appeared yesterday in a Boston evening paper a startling instance of such distortion of the truth. Fortunately, the journal in question is representative of only a small portion of the American press--a portion that exists on sensation and doctored news...
...suppressed by President Lowell is a bald and unqualified falsehood. The remainder of the item is a cleverly worded implication that the Lampoon's drawing does not conform to a very rigorous sense of decency. Incidentally, there is no mention of the broad black band that occupies a large portion of the picture...