Word: rigid
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...sections which relate to the Freshman dormitories and football will naturally be of the utmost interest to members of the University and are given in substance below. President Lowell thinks that under the Freshman dormitory system there will be no need for more rigid discipline, if more careful oversight and a closer intercourse between instructors and students are provided. This he advocates as very necessary in Freshman year, the conditions of which largely determine a man's college career. Football, President Lowell says, to be a permanent institution, should be a sport pursued by a large part of the undergraduate...
...courses from the many that are about to begin. To these men, and especially to Seniors and others who are finishing their undergraduate course, we would suggest as a factor in all choices the personality and reputation of the instructors. Many men have gone through Harvard, adhering to a rigid schedule of courses or to a crooked line of least resistance determined by snap courses, and have failed altogether to avail themselves of the presence here of some of the most distinguished scholars and teachers of the time. No education can be said to be fully completed here unless...