Word: system
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...proposed District Option System for licensing the sale of liquor in Boston advisable...
Question: "Resolved, That a single tax on land would be better than the present system of taxation...
...considering these separately it will be found that an elective system with no credit offered, is exactly what we are finding unsatisfactory at present, and all must agree that a prescribed course not counting toward a degree, would not only cause much discontent but would be contrary to all Harvard traditions. Thus the four alternatives are narrowed to two, and the choice must lie between a prescribed course or an elective, credit to be given in either case...
...concerned we would recommend the elective. We believe that no prescribed course even though counting toward a degree, would receive the general endorsement that would an elective, and further an elective course offers much broader posibilities. Inevitably any prescribed system must be carried on along certain restricted lines, while many alternatives may be offered in an elective, and men enabled to choose their favorite form of exercise. For instance, not only would those training for the athletic teams be excused from any fixed form of exercise, but tennis, boxing, fencing, golf, bicycling, could be taken into account, and even geological...
...lecture this evening before the union at 8 o'clock will be given by Mr. W. L. M. King. The subject will be: "The Sweating System." Harvard men invited...