Word: systemic
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...necessity of avoiding war in the future, while the last two dealt with the lesson of the war as regards education, mental and physical." The government did not realize," he said, "the number of physical and mental defectives there were until it began examining men for the Army. The system of education must be improved...
...than does that of infantry or any other arm. There is enough technical and theoretical knowledge to be learned to keep several courses going throughout the year. With sufficient classroom work to be undertaken, winter drills under adverse conditions would not be necessary in order to keep the military system intact. This is perhaps the most important factor in adapting artillery to the exigencies of the college situation...
Careful consideration should be given to the suggestion of Major Moore that tennis be raised to the rank of a major sport. The college world is firmly agreed that some place shall be created in the athletic system for the great majority of students who formerly took their exercise, willingly or unwillingly, by proxy in the stands. As Major Moore further suggests, the successful solution of the problem is more likely to lie in the popularization of games rather than in any form of calisthenics that might be offered...
...down the general features of Yale's reconstruction policy. President Hadley plans to establish separate schools for the specialization of students in different branches of professional work, but to form a mediation between the two classes of students in the university--"the semi-professional students working under the group system and the non-professional students working under the elective system...
...method of conducting Senior elections suggests a simple remedy. Merely reverse the system. Have the class officers nominate men for each office, two weeks, for example, previous to the election. Then allow nominations by petition to be made until within a few hours of the balloting. Confronted by a list of candidates, the class would add more nominees, if it so desired, and if petitions were not forthcoming, approval of the nominations by the class officers would be silently signified...