Word: similarly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...they will expect the undergraduate to acquire his knowledge of the military through the regular means provided by the government in its militia system, is not stated in the outlines of the scheme which have come over the Atlantic cable. If the plan goes into operation it may awaken similar military interest in the curricula of the larger American universities such as Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and Princeton, which now are without the services of Regular Army instructors. The only large Eastern university to avail itself of the services of an officer of the Army at present is Cornell, where Lieut...
...majority of discussion centered on a proposition to limit the number of activities a single student might engage in. The purpose of the scheme, similar to that now in operation at Technology, was claimed not to be the bettering of organizations or securing the participation of more students, but to be the improvement in scholarship of those already engaged in activities. The main difficulty with the proposition is that it is purely arbitrary. The speakers agreed that the several organizations would not be bettered, and that while the plan might induce more to enter competitions, scholarship would not be improved...
...fifth University Forum, to be held in the Dining Room of the Union tonight at 9 o'clock, four resolutions will be debated: one in regard to regulating undergraduate extra-curriculum activities by legislation similar to the two-sport rule in athletics; another as to how to stimulate a greater interest in college affairs and in the work of the Student Council; a third on how to interest college men in regular exercise; and a fourth concerning the proposed combination of all the undergraduate publications (except the CRIMSON and the Lampoon) in one merger to publish a truly representative Harvard...
...contest with Yale. This is the supreme test of the year's work, and its result determines the success or failure of that work. In the move to make intellectual activity as popular and attractive as competition in athletics, we take it upon ourselves to suggest that a similar final and supreme test be established in the realm of scholarly pursuits. Several years ago Professor Josiah Royce made this same suggestion, when he proposed that a literary competition be instituted between Harvard and Yale, and that a suitable prize be offered for the winning work...
...permanent quarters in the Union is an initial expression of dissatisfaction with old conditions. For many now nomadic organizations, a building specially equipped to receive them would mean new life, new opportunity. As the University grows the Union will not be able to shelter them all, and a building similar in design to Robinson Hall at Dartmouth will be a necessity...