Word: systemic
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...understood that this will in no way hinder the development of class baseball, and most of the original plans for its organization will be carried out M. A. Cheek Jr., '26, will direct the system and also aid in the coaching...
...change was sponsored by Dr. Worcester, the Gore Hall proctors, and the members of the Dormitory committee. While the new system is only an experiment, it is understood that if it proves successful, it will be made a regular second-half year custom in the future. As yet none of the other Freshman Dining Halls have established club tables...
Undoubtedly this play holds possibilities for improvement over the present system of last minute cramming. It would eliminate a hurried review with the consequent mere superficial knowledge of the subject, and, by permitting a leisurely and thorough preparation, would tend toward deeper understanding of the courses studied. The proposed scheme would also bring greater fairness, for every member of the undergraduate body would have an equal amount of time for review, thus doing away with the necessity, in some cases, of attempting to prepare for four or five finals within several days. It is conceivable that this new plan might...
...resulted in a distinct increase in the number of men achieving Dean's List privileges. The new policy, in devolving greater responsibility upon the individual student and in allowing him greater personal initiative, is following the same general lines as the changes which have preceded it, the tutorial system, the general examinations, and similar innovations. It is difficult to understand why this most recent step should not achieve equally successful results...
Colleges all over the country are watching the new experiment with interest. Minnesota doubts whether the idea would work "superimposed on an educational system such as ours which has previously been somewhat paternalistic." The Brown Daily Herald and The Cornell Sun edutorially refuse to predict the outcome of Harvard's plan but they are agreed upon its possibilities and hopeful for its success. There is apparently no reason why the precarious brittleness of experimental ice upon which Harvard is treading should not harden into a solider basis strong enough to support the infinite number of educational institutions which...