Word: selective
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...necessity of crying out against it now. The chief complaint, however, relates to the representation which the Inter-Collegiate Association is allowed in the conventions of the Athletic Association. "They did not, it is true, refuse the petition of the I. C. A. A. for membership in their select number," wails the News. "No; they granted them membership and - one vote. The full value of this tremendous concession can only be realized when the status of the two associations is remembered." And the News goes on to give the following information, clipped from the Spirit : "The A. A. A. consists...
...else out and leaving the cage empty five-sixths of the day, the absurdity of the thing would have appeared to all; and it would not have seemed to be a question beyond solution. No, the 'Varsity was allowed the first choice of hours and the other clubs selected in turn the hours left unoccupied. Why cannot we adopt the same plan in the matter of our tennis courts (I use the word "our" advisedly since the courts are not private property)? Let those who hold the courts now select the hours that suit them best for using them...
...majority of the class preferred Botany, and it being impossible to accommodate all who wished to fake the study, the faculty devised the brilliant expedient of assigning men to either course by lot. The method of drawing the names from a hat, the faculty thought, was calculated to select men with particular reference to their ability and thirst for knowledge in either department. Strange to say, it is claimed that the elective system is not a success at Yale...
...race the crew is totally "demoralized." These facts are mentioned not for the purpose of accounting or apologizing for '85's defeat, but that '86, in whose success the whole university is interested, may profit by her mistakes. Should Mr. Bancroft accompany the 'Varsity to New London, let '86 select a coach at least a month before the race, that both crew and coach may have plenty of time to become thoroughly accustomed to one another. The above remarks are entirely of a private nature and express an opinion of one who was unfortunate enough to do his full share...
...Each student should be required - as indeed he is, at Johns Hopkins University - to select some four or five subjects or departments, and to confine himself to these during his course, and this is practically what all of the good students do, and they select their studies with much thought and care. But the poorer students naturally do nothing of the sort. Yet with all its drawbacks the elective system has worked well, as far as I can learn, wherever it was introduced. The student does better what he elects for himself, and in most cases he chooses that which...