Word: reporter
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...annual report of the President of the University, including the reports of the deans of the several schools and of the heads of the different departments, will be a source; of no little satisfaction to all who have carefully watched the results of our elective system. Those who were at first fearful of the effect of such a system on Harvard, have, year by year, seen the plan emerging from doubtful to certain success until now there are hardly any grounds on which the workings of the system can be said to be unsatisfactory...
...average college man has little idea of the extensiveness and efficiency of the work which is constantly being carried on about him. To such an one the President's report comes as a revelation of the magnitude and seriousness of the university life, of which we, as undergraduates, see but a very small part. It is certainly a pleasure to note the strides which Harvard is taking in many of the educational reforms of the day and to realize the scale on which original scientific research is being conducted. They show the growth of the university, in contrast to that...
...President's report is concise and comparatively condensed, considering the field which it has to cover. We can do little more here than refer to it as a whole and recommend it to every one interested in Harvard as valuable and instructive reading...
...Medical School several new instructors have been appointed during 1891-92. The Dean in his report calls attention to the fact that the proportion of college bred men entering the Medical School has decreased very much since 1886. It is not easy to understand the reason of this change but it is probable that the prolongation of the period of professional study has necessarily led to a corresponding shortening of the time heretofore allotted to college training...
...report of the Librarian this year contains the report of the Curator of Coins. The collection consists of 1161 ancient and 1739 modern coins. The need of new accommodations for the books and of a new reading room is spoken of. For several years past Gore Hall has been heated by steam from boilers in University Hall...