Word: strictness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...theory behind the plan is that of extending into supposedly advanced courses the strict accountability which is needed in elementary survey courses. But this does not work; it is not fair, for example, to the Senior busy with a distinction thesis and the demands of divisionals to load him with small jobs which are wholly foreign to the type of thinking which he must do in his last college year...
...Strict Training...
...nonsense to think that a college education must lead one to reject the teachings of the Bible. Consult the really great educators and scholars of the western world, and you will find that, practically without exception, they were strict followers of the Christian life...
...After discussion with several of the institutions in the vicinity of Boston," the letter says, "we at Harvard have reached the conclusion that basketball is suffering from over-strict officiating...One evil seems to be the practise of most officials of working schoolboy and college games at practically the same time. While one set of rules seems to be satisfactory for both games, certainly a far different officiating technique is necessary and the good schoolboy official is not at all satisfactory for college work...
...approximately 20 is expected, Coach E. Wachter of Harvard declared, "The duty of a good official is to keep the game fast, clean, and under control. By that I do not mean that it should be a game of indoor football; but a great many officials have been too strict in handling a game. At present many games are being won from the foul line instead of from the floor. A uniform type of official who will speed up the action is needed; and I believe that the meeting at the end of the month is an excellent step toward...