Word: scheme
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...without doubt it is based really on narrowness of judgment. In no place where men have learned to differentiate between man and man and the most primitive tribes have learned that sort of selection--are all beings equally regarded and equally admired by their fellows. In any social scheme where relations become more complex there is liable to be error of judgment. Men place stress on external appearances, they judge others by their possessions, or some fancied distinctiveness of birth. At Harvard, as at other places frequented by civilized man, those external appearances are apt to mislead the calmest judgment...
...faculty are on the committee of investigation. It includes Professors P. F. Smith, J. W. Roe, C. T. Bishop, C. F. Schreiber and Registrar Vreeland. A prize of $50 has been offered by the Aurelian Society for the best solution of the problem. It is expected that any new scheme which may be adopted for governing the conduct of the fraternities will be upon the honor basis...
...final scheme for a constructive solution has been advanced. One policy alone seems fairly definite in the minds of the reformers, that the clubs as self-electing close corporations shall be abolished, and a thoroughly democratic system substituted in their place. In this way they hope to establish a wider basis for fellowship, where all men will meet on an equal basis, regardless of their social position and personal characteristics and build up a more wholesome social structure...
...daily development of the country's precarious situation, and is actively doing its share towards solving the problem of a national defence, the CRIMSON regards the publishing of current plans for the safeguarding of the Nation as timely and properly within the scope of a college newspaper. The scheme of army reorganization which follows is one suggested by certain military experts at Washington and should not be considered as put forward by the CRIMSON. It is hoped that a general discussion of this question and any others, which may follow will be held through the communication columns of the CRIMSON...
Captain Cordier's scheme for training of reserve officers approved by War. Department. New scheme will make it possible to commission graduates and Seniors as soon as their services are needed and also to provide a steady flow of officers for new units if organized. Sergeants Bryan and Cockrill, United States Army, ordered to report for duty at Harvard. Other non-commissioned officers will follow...