Word: reason
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...writer of this morning's communication agrees with the CRIMSON that marks in courses alone are not the best criterion of intellectual achievement. He takes issue upon other points but fails to consider the real reason that led to the suggestion. Believing that the Phi Beta Kappa could be of greater service to the University by encouraging good scholarship as well as rewarding it we brought forth the proposal that a few men be elected on the basis of their first year record. Thereby it was thought that many who now devote themselves to other fields might be started...
...basis of good work done in their Freshman years, on the ground that in succeeding years they might find order activities more absorbing, and thus fail to qualify for election under the present system. To some people it might almost seem that the present system is for this very reason better, since it requires a man to show that during two or more years he has the ability and the energy to do work of a high order. As a matter of fact, a man who has attained distinction in courses no more advanced, let us say, than German...
...Harvard square to carry twenty per cent, of their accounts through the summer is a disgrace to every Harvard man personally and to the name of the University. Shopkeepers allow credit as a favor, and they are met by indifference and ingratitude. It is difficult to ascribe any real reason for the prevalent carelessness in money matters except that the student who is able to run up a large bill has not come to the full appreciation of the value of credit. Being careless about the manner in which he spends what is his, he is unable to realize that...
Some time ago we recommended that the Phi Beta Kappa might very advantageously elect a limited number of men on the College record of their Freshman year, the reason being that among these there might be men who possessed intellectual ability sufficient to warrant membership in the society who might later, owing to other interests, not be elected. It is possible that a man should make first group in Sophomore year as a result of his first year work and then decide that he would devote his best work to some outside activity. It would probably follow that his College...
...Another reason for the lack of prestige and influence of the clergy today is the rivalry that exists among the great number of different sects in this country. It is true, however, that today our educational institutions are laying very little stress on denomination, and even the churches themselves have very much more respect for one another than ever before. The work of making still closer and more potent the co-operation among the sects is one of the greatest opportunities that lies before the clergy today, and in taking advantage of this opportunity the clergy may hope to regain...