Word: selective
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...most select on earth...
While I was regarding this collection of miseries, the Faculty issued a second proclamation, that every one should now be allowed to exchange his affliction with any he might select from the heap, and that, the choice once made, every one must rest contented for a week...
...President's statements, "that in such a system students will neglect the more difficult subjects and select studies requiring less mental application, which are for this reason of less value in discipline," appeared to be contrary to our experience at Harvard, and investigation has shown this to be true...
...rank in the list, deserves a better relative position, for all students taking elective courses in this branch undoubtedly spend their time profitably; while at Yale many of the students taking the prescribed work shirk a distasteful course of study. The table also shows that young students do generally select their electives wisely, and that our Faculty are perfectly justified in encouraging President Eliot's Elective System...