Word: systeme
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...thought, meant the assertion of a principle, from which it would be impossible to retrograde. The anonymous expression of regret for the ancient regime might, therefore, seem idle petulance, and call for no remark, even though its author feels it necessary to go back two thousand years to the system of oligarchy to find an instance of illiberality on which to affiliate his sentiments. Insulting allusions, however, to gentlemen who are fellow-students, combined with a narrow-minded misrepresentation of the recent liberal reform, do demand consideration. An unsparing rebuke, it seems to me, was called for, in which...
...Rules and Regulations are subject in one sense to temporary changes, and the notices on the Bulletin Board take precedence in any conflict. No mention in the Rules is made respecting the Seniors' privilege of voluntary recitations, as this system is still an experiment, and due notice of the privilege has been posted; unfortunately, too many students seem inclined to cut to excess, regardless of "the hopes of future years." Many absences that would be excused readily are left to swell the total of cuts, and the percentage of attendance is lowered; and when the system is carefully reviewed...
...EDITORS OF THE CRIMSON:-I HAVE seen it stated, in more than one paper published at other colleges, that the Crimson and the Advocate are wonderfully fond of vaguely hinting that Harvard is older and larger than any other college in the country, that her system of instruction is unapproached, and that altogether there is nothing in the land to compare with her. Such remarks attracted my attention particularly, for the reason that I had never myself noticed this little peculiarity of our papers. I have watched them both of late, and I think now that there is a certain...
...French, Italian, Spanish, History, Music, and Natural History. Voluntary attendance at recitations is most ingeniously and elaborately discussed, every possible variety of statistics being given. The result is summed up by saying that the average number of absences was two or three times as great as under the old system, though the influence of the change upon the average scholarship of the class was imperceptible either for good or evil. Those who obtained more than seventy-five per cent for the year's work averaged about two absences a week, and it is suggested that all who exceed that limit...
...truth is that they do not understand the real value in daily life of what may be called artistic surroundings. It is by no means necessary to have every stick of furniture carved on the very nicest plan that the system of Eastlake has produced; nor to arrange every corner of a room with a studied attention to the picturesque, which would make it look like a magnified reproduction of a modern genre picture. But it is, if not absolutely necessary, at least highly desirable to hang upon your walls pictures that will suggest ideas; pictures at which...