Word: pre
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...directly opposite to this conception we find President Hadley planning for Yale a course of instruction which makes specialization its cardinal principle. A series of pre-professional studies will be required of the first- or second-year undergraduate. In taking up these subjects before the close of his college career, the student will be enabled to complete his professional training sooner. This is distinctly contrary to our conception of college education. On the one hand we find Yale embarking upon a system of early professionalism, and on the other hand we find Harvard clinging to the doctrine of "liberal education...
Yale is anxious to resume the annual Thames regatta with the University this year on a pre-war basis, according to Professor Mather Abbott, faculty director of rowing at Yale. "I hope that the report regarding the decision made by Harvard is true," said Professor Abbott, when asked to express his opinion upon the recent recommendation of the University Rowing Committee. He commented further...
...meeting last December it was decided to approach Harvard in regard to the resumption of the annual regatta at New London. If the report of Harvard's acceptance of our proposal is true, we may expect that pre-war rowing relations will be resumed with our ancient rival...
These two games will mark the resumption of formal sport with Yale and Princeton on a pre-war basis. The last matches in hockey between the three teams were played during the winter of 1917, when the University defeated Yale 5-0, but lost to Princeton...
...reports of the athletic conditions at the various eastern colleges seem to indicate that all sports are fast returning to a pre-war basis. Yale, Princeton, and most other colleges are working on the question of modified eligibility rules for men who have dropped a class by entering national service. It is also proposed to eliminate many of the non-essential features, such as the training table...