Word: scheme
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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There are numerous differences between English and American rowing that would interfere with such a scheme and furthermore it is doubtful if such a regatta would prove a fitting culmination to the rowing seasons of colleges which have long standing traditions that it would be inexpedient to change...
...very pretty slinging of streamers and confetti there is nothing but a dull series of cheers. Since this occasion is largely a reunion of graduates, and since even among undergraduates only a part of the Freshmen are not supposed to have seen it before, could not some scheme be devised by which this ceremony could be made more entertaining to all present? I submit this to the serious consideration of the 1915 Committee in charge. RUDOLPH ALTROCCHI...
...action of the Graduate Board of the University chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in establishing a trophy to be competed for by the preparatory schools of the country, with standing in the entrance examinations as the basis for awarding the trophy, the Philadelphia Public Ledger says, "The scheme displays a praiseworthy concern that scholarly merit should not hide its mute, inglorious light under a bushel; it remains to be seen whether it is able to develop even a respectable rivalry with the natural interest boys and young men feel in competitive physical exercise. The hero in school or college life...
...whole the new scheme has been a distinct success, for more men have competed than previously. Next year an even larger number will take part in it, for while the four surviving clubs are competing, the second-year men will be engaged in a new qualifying round...
...annual report of President Arthur T. Hadley of Yale University is conspicuous for the veto he puts on the scheme to triplicate an academic plant that already is hampered by being duplicate. That is to say, he apparently would rather see evolve some way to unify the college and the Sheffield Scientific School than to start in and raise an additional endowment and set up a "third college" with less study of mathematics and the classic languages. On the other hand, it is plain that he looks with some favor, at least, on a closer approximation to the English university...