Word: scheming
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Professor Wendell's book is, first of all, historical. It is the history of America seen through its literary temperament. According to the scheme of the book, the literary history of each century is prefaced by an actual chronicle of the chief historical events. The author's main purpose is to show how American literature differentiates itself from English. The American temperament in regarded as growing more and more distant from the English up to the eighteenth century; accordingly, the most distinctive American expression is in the first half of the nineteenth century. Since then, in the last fifty years...
...Thursday, October 11. The blue-books are still at Leavitt & Peirce's, the Law School, Memorial and Randall Halls, and the CRIMSON office. So far only about fifty or sixty men have signified their intention of playing. To make the initial year of such a promising scheme a success, and to perpetuate the series, more enthusiasm must be shown...
...coming winter are not yet complete, some new arrangements have already been made. For the first time, there is to be an assistant director in the work, whose duties will consist largely in helping Mr. Birtwell and in attending to such clerical work as may be necessary. The scheme for boys' clubs in East Cambridge is meeting with great success. A library for boys has been established, at which men are in attendance daily from 4 to 6 o'clock, to answer questions and give out books. Club rooms, where members may meet during the evening, will be fitted...
...usual Yale policy was followed by chosing a first eleven and a scrub team as soon as possible, and then of changing to the first eleven, on trial, any man of the second who appears to have any ability. Lately, however, as the squad has increased in size, this scheme has left a number of men out of the game, without giving them a chance to show their merits. Accordingly, Captain Brown has decided to organize third and fourth teams, which will practice usually independent of the regular first and second elevens. They will have a special captain, and arrange...
...generally accepted that at some stage of education the elective system is desirable, but that it should extend down with more or less modification through college to grammar school, as the present tendency seems to be, is in Dean Briggs' mind a not wholly advisable scheme. "Are we sure that we do not begin the elective system too early, or that we shall not soon begin it too early?" is the author's first question...