Word: system
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...best when the plan is put before them in a class meeting. The objects sought are evident. It is hoped to secure a larger and more representative vote, and to place all individuals upon an equal basis. No one can expect to obtain under any circumstances a perfect system. The situation is too complicated...
...office. On the other hand, it would be a misfortune to the class, in case of a contest over a marshalship, for instance, to deprive the defeated candidate of all chance to be placed lower down on the list. This drawback, which seems an essential part of any system of secret ballot, should if possible be eliminated, and we urge most earnestly that every effort be made to remove such difficulties in the wisest possible manner...
...University. After his retirement he gave valuable instruction in Latin to some of the most advanced students of the Graduate School. His two periods of service as teacher in the University thus covered a full half-century. During this half-century the improved methods of instruction which the elective system made possible, and the development of the Graduate School with its new class of students, greatly changed the character of his teaching and widened its scope. For five years he was the head of a Latin Department of two, who easily did all the work in Latin which was then...
...upon the various departments, is so quietly carried out that few realize its extent. It is just such development, painstaking, and without ostentation, which brings success in the long run. More young men are coming to Harvard each year because her field of influence is becoming broader, and her system of eduation more efficient and better known to the public...
...first place to congratulate Captain Dibblee for his new honor. He has well earned his position and enters upon it with the approval and confidence of the coaches, the team, and the students. He will have some knotty questions to decide, for it is evident that this year's system is but a beginning. On the other hand much has already been accomplished in the way of systematizing the work, and great care must be taken to retain its better features. Moreover, there are many practical lessons to be learned from the season's experience...