Word: successful
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Last week marked the anniversary of the Honor System at Princeton. The scheme was instituted there 25 years ago whereby the students were placed on their honor during examinations, and it has been adhered to ever since. President Hibben of the university has written a report on the success of the system. An extract follows...
...will. Since the leaders are the best men possible, whoever has trained thoroughly to win a commission will be almost certain to secure his prize, even if the enlists as a private. For these reasons every member of Military Science 2 owes it to his own prospects of success to strive for excellence and not merely for a passing mark...
...informal system worked tolerably well, but everyone realized that something fundamental was lacking. There was no demand for the old style of spectacles with huge crowds, but there was a decided demand for games with other colleges. In hockey the informal system is proving no more of a success than it did in football...
...classical training. What has developed for generations the minds of Englishmen is not now discarded. That the greatest stronghold of Greek and Latin should not adjust its requirements until 1918 gives convincing proof of their durability. The demand for men whose training has been devoted entirely to success in business has caused an addition to the college curriculum, not a substitution. Mental training and the need of it remain the same however much the world changes. That which has developed great minds in the past will develop them in the future. The worth of classics in this respect has been...
...that the latter is directed entirely to the benefit of the nation, and is usually the sentiment of many people. In advising a policy which Mr. Wilson opposes we may be accused of falling to stand behind him, but, if so, it is because interest in the nation's success prevents...