Word: programs
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Such a program strikes to the very heart of all education and opens the way to the much contended question: What should the college seek to accomplish? Should it train the individual in special attainment or should it cultivate that elasticity of mind and broadness of outlook which distinguish the student from the artisan? In President Lowell's understanding, the development of the mind as a whole is its object, a mind sympathetic and without prejudice, which from its long practice in jumping intellectual hurdles will better adjust itself to the changing needs of the time and more easily follow...
June 17, he announced, has been set as a tentative date for Class Day. The ceremonies will begin with a special service in Appleton Chapel. The Senior Class then marches to Sanders Theatre where the regular program will be held including the oration by F. W. Hatch '19, the poem, by J. R. Parsons '19, and the ode, by R. T. Bushnell...
...addition to the suitability of artillery to the college man it is especially adapted to the peculiar problem of military training at the colleges themselves. The curriculum of the artillery runs more nearly parallel to the academic program than does that of infantry or any other arm. There is enough technical and theoretical knowledge to be learned to keep several courses going throughout the year. With sufficient classroom work to be undertaken, winter drills under adverse conditions would not be necessary in order to keep the military system intact. This is perhaps the most important factor in adapting artillery...
...Club will hold its annual "International Night" on February 21 to raise its quota of $200 toward the money needed to send the delegate of the American Cosmopolitan Clubs to the Peace Conference. P. Compos, 2L., is the University's nominee for this office. There will be an entertainment program including some of the best foreign talent in the University. This will be followed by refreshments and dancing. All members of the University are invited to be present, the admission fee being one dollar...
...undergraduate program of this school are, in conformity to the best prevailing practice, straight courses in civil, mechanical engineering, etc., intended to fit young graduates to do well such work as will be expected of them according to the best standards of their chosen professions. Expert special knowledge is a great asset to any engineer, but to be of value it must be based on sufficient sound training in the fundamentals. Therefore specialized studies are planned for graduates; and the opportunities for such work will be unusual and varied. Emphasis on fundamentals should not be mistaken to mean that...