Word: system
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...vote of the Faculty on changes in the elective system, approved yesterday by the Board of Overseers, is in accord with the principles which President Lowell laid down in his inaugural address. It has been a common rumor for some weeks that the matter was under discussion in the Faculty, and the announcement this morning indicates that the first step has been already taken...
...radical change in the habits of the ordinary student, whose selection of courses is more sensible than most persons are willing to believe. The students who will be affected are the ones who are pursuing specialties to the point of narrowness, and the loafers whose exploiting of the elective system leads to mastery of no subject. The specialist will be required to broaden out; the student in pursuit of "snap" courses will be required to concentrate. Both processes will tend to the same end--the turning out of well-rounded men, equally ready to enter on their life-work...
...first step assuring the modifications of the elective system which have been under discussion for some time, was taken yesterday when the Governing Boards of the University supported President Lowell by approving his plans. The changes, which are not radical, but follow along the lines laid down in the inaugural address, are embodied in the paragraphs below, officially announced for the first time...
...system of individualism advocated is based on common sense and justice, and is not extreme, for an extreme system does not exist. In economics and politics it has a distinct meaning, a theory favoring non-interference of the State in the affairs of individuals. It is also defined as the private ownership of the means of production and distribution where competition is possible...
Turning from the discussion of socialism as a whole, Mr. Clews spoke of that particular branch of socialistic program known as municipal ownership. In the United States the political system is so different from that of other nations that socialism is precluded. All has been accomplished by the individual effort of her citizens. Socialism would mean unlimited graft and corruption in our polities...