Word: reporter
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...report of the "Yale Field Corporation" shows that over $50,000 has been expended on the new athletic grounds, and there is a call for more funds...
President Eliot, in his annual report, gives a very interesting summary of the various steps which the college has pursued in arriving at its present stand with regard to elective studies. Speaking of the studies which are yet required, he says, "The rhetoric, French, or German, and the elementary scientific lectures, are obviously matters which properly belong to the secondary schools; so that these few remaining requirements of the college course are of a temporary and provisional character, retained in college only until the secondary schools deal with them satisfactorily...
...same pamphlet with President Eliot's report, is that of the treasurer, Mr. Edward W. Hooker. A bewildering mass of tables and figures, it, nevertheless, contains much useful information. The first thing of interest which attracts attention, is the sum of the total invested property of the university, which is placed at $4,803.-938, 36, against $4,623, 895, 57 for the year proceeding. The income was $241, 825, 32, at the rate of the general investments by far the larger part of 5.17 per cent. This is a falling off in rate from the year before partly caused...
...report of the Dean of the college is given a statement of the studies which are elected by the freshmen. Instead of dropping the dead languages and mathematics, as many thought would be the case, when elective was substituted for prescribed work in the first year, it is a significant fact that these studies are by far the most popular. Latin stands at the head of the list, with 196 students; then comes Greek with 163, and Mathematics with 141; and the number of freshmen whose choice includes all these studies is 83. The Dean, in commenting on this says...
...looking over the report of the Dean, it is interesting to note the number of students who elected the various subjects last year. First comes History with 521 men; then Natural History with 454; Philosophy, 357; Political Economy, 324; Greek, 229; Latin, 203; English and German, 194 each; French, 189; Fine Arts, 181; Chemistry, 174. We see by this that some of the hardest courses are elected by the greatest number of men, thus showing the falsity of the often-heard statement that, under an elective system, "soft" courses are usually chosen. It is curious to note that Greek...