Word: preceptors
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...great preceptor, the University of Oregon, now presided over by one of your own disciples, would be enrolled among those who happily gather today to salute you. And the legend we would most reverently and cordially inscribe within the encircling wreath would be the vow that Rome once gave to her Augustus or her Constantine Vota...
...academic freedom triumphant. In the words of the Daily Princetonian: "Never in all its cultural history has Princeton taken such an intellectual step forward." The change consists in the reduction of Junior and Senior requirements by one course, and the substitution of individual work, under the guidance of a preceptor, to be checked by comprehensive examinations on the major field of study. At the same time, provision is made to divide the regular courses between the special field and other departments. President Hibben has given voice to the motive which prompts the charge: "With initial interest there comes knowledge...