Word: reporters
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...three months ago the graduates of other colleges, who are now students at Harvard held a meeting and elected a committee to find out the feeling that prevailed in regard to Harvard among such students. We publish the report of this committee in today's CRIMSON. There are undoubtedly many unjust and ignorant opinions prevalent in other colleges and the outside world in regard to Harvard, its morals and the capaclty and desire of its students for serious work. Harvard methods arein a measure misunderstood, first in so far as our university is liberal and progressive, so far there...
This work done by graduates of other colleges who can well compare Harvard with other institutions, is worthy of great praise. Their report shows an opinion of higher moral tone, of greater earnestness for work, of superior advantages for this work at Harvard, than is possessed by any college or university in the country. They tell what those who have investigated the matter know to be true without the shadow of doubt, but the more we can emphaslze these facts and present Harvard in her true light, the better, and surely this report speaks with strong emphasis...
...meeting on Thursday evening of men from other colleges who are at present working in the different departments of the university was very interesting; and the report submitted by the committee appointed some months ago to look into the moral and intellectual condition of the life here, coming from these men and at this time, is full of significance...
...university. They are almost uniformly men of considerable maturity, and of extended experience with educational institutions, as well as with the world. Their attitude here is that of impartial, disinterested observers. Their opinion must, therefore, carry great weight with it; and it is a fact that the report of their committee has been awaited in many quarters with a great deal of interest because of the definite and trustworthy information it would certainly give on the much discussed question of the moral and intellectual earnestness of Harvard students...
...substance the report says that as nearly as can be ascertained, there are in the graduate and undergraduate departments, ninety-seven men from other colleges; of these, seventy-five, or 77.3 per cent. have given the statistics asked for by the committee. These seventy-five men represent sixty-four colleges, including institutions in England, Canada, Germany, and Japan...