Word: subjectivity
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...next speaker was J. A. Gade, who spoke for the literary interests of the class. He was followed by H. E. Addison, whose subject was "Any Old Thing." In the absence of A. H. Brewer, who was kept from the dinner by illness, C. Brewer spoke for football. He reviewed the athletic achievements of Ninety-six, and said that whether there should be 'varsity football next fall or only class football, the class would be sure to keep up its preeminence in the game as it had done in the past...
Today the entire education of many boys between the ages of fourteen and eighteen is devoted not to the acquirement of lasting and valuable knowledge such as is the necessary foundation for any great intellectual achievement, but to the superficial mastery of subjects so as to be able to stand test questions, the nature of which is known beforehand. Not real learning, but the passing of a college examination, is the goal of study. So true is this, that often familiarity with previous examination papers is the chief strength of a candidate's preparation, while of working familiarity with...
...case of athletics, the college has to teach an ideal which should be already recognized. The very fact that the college itself finds it necessary to hold stated examinations, tends to encourage new students in their conviction that beyond passing an examination they have no concern with a subject. This spirit greatly impairs the value of the college examinations. It is carried into daily work to such an extent that the real student is rarely developed before the junior or senior year, and often not by the end of the course. With such a vital difficulty to meet...
...debating club meets at half past two o'clock today, in Sever 5. The discussion will be entirely ex tempore, as the subject will not be announced beforehand. Members of the University are invited to be present and to speak...
Professor Charles Eliot Norton will give tonight, at 7.45, in Sanders Theatre, the fourth lecture in his course on Dante. The subject will be: "The Divine Comedy: Hell." References to the lecture will be found in another column...