Word: system
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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AFTER the mongrel day which '77 endured last year, and in view of recent sinister criticism of the "new regime," it behooves the present Senior class practically to demonstrate next June that its class spirit has not been destroyed by the elective system, and that it is willing to unite all its forces in getting up a joyous Class...
...aunt," said I, "look at the size of our last two classes. Does n't that look as if public opinion favored the elective system...
...feeling is rising against it. Your cousin Ned writes from Exeter that most of his class and of the class below him are going to Yale. That is a new step for Exeter, and what does it mean? Why, that the parents are growing suspicious of Harvard's present system, and prefer to send their boys somewhere else. Now, if this is the case...
...with even more difficulty and far less grace than his wooden brother who clambered over the walls of Troy. Finally, thanks to my aunt's energetic thrusts, we got him on his feet again, and in due time proceeded on our journey; but the discussion of Harvard's elective system was indefinitely postponed...
...Perhaps, more cordial relations between professor and student would have a salutary influence. .... Our system of compulsory marking may also have something to do with the character of the students, - who can tell...