Word: students
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...division of its members according to degrees will be an enigma to most of the audience in Sever Quadrangle. The tradition that connects Baccalaureus in Artibus with a knowledge of Latin or Greek persists in its hold on the erudite mind, and the actual subject of a student's work in college plays little part in the determination of which degree he receives...
...with the college, since the greater part of candidates drop ancient languages upon leaving school, the listing on Commencement Day remains according to work in a secondary institution four or five years before. The result is such a confusion of terms as occurs when one finds a student concentrating in Modern Languages receiving an S.B., and a man whose field is Chemistry listed...
...perhaps a belief that little weight is laid on the degrees, are the factors against making a rational change. The first is vague but powerful: the second is weak, for to the laity, if not to the academic world, the connotation of S.B. is unavoidably that of a student of science. Since the degree is a result of college work, it would be a more logical procedure were the universities of the country to rearrange the requirements for these degrees, and settle the difference by awarding the degree of Bachelor of Science to men whose field of study in college...
...divisional examinations should be largely oral, thus giving a fairer test. Many more good tutors are needed to make the Tutorial System a real success. At present there is not time for the student to get the most out of the Tutorial System, because of the regular course requirements. Tutorial work should take the place of course works and credits be given for the same. The tutor's report should be considered in granting degrees. Perhaps only 12 or even fewer courses should be required. Seniors could then be free to actually gain the most the Tutorial System...
...Sciences men; their goal is vague, indefinite. In consequence many men now leaning toward teaching prefer to reserve their decision until the further study which has come to be a requisite to success in education has solved their problem, in the meantime their status continues to be that of "student", although in reality their position is as much one of orientation as that of the man who is floundering uncertainly during his first two or three years out of college...