Word: systemic
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...called basic courses, like History 1, Government 1, and Fine Arts 1c and 1d, never have been laden with an excess of the books demanded for collateral reading for each test. Since the directors of these courses consider the schoolboy system of weekly or fortnightly tests to be a necessary part of them, they might lessen the burden by more efficient administration of the library. It is inconvenient enough to be obliged to wait for books during the hours that the library is open, without being hampered by the further stringent regulations in force at Fogg. There one finds...
...having to court a decision, the Harvard-Carleton speakers in Paine Hall could afford to step down from the rostrum of oratory and let the argument proceed in a series of quick rebuttals. The question was "Resolved, That the jury system should be abolished," and Johnson, of Carleton, introducing the affirmative case, claimed that the jury is a static part of a dynamic society. A. L. Raffa ocC reported that it is based upon the common man and is essential to democracy: at which Rowe replied that "the ordinary, common man is common enough" and so unfit to judge questions...
...system of abolishing editorials in college newspapers that has recently become so popular in the western universities appeals to me as the most efficient means of stimulating the editorial column of the CRIMSON. If student opinions were substituted for the present generalizations of the editors your paper would become a truer indication of undergraduate thought: and a greater source of constructive criticism. In the final analysis, the raison d'etre of the college newspaper is to express student opinion, and the obvious way to attain the best results in this purpose is to enable the greates number of students possible...
Under the present system, your column is merely the expression of the ideas of a very small group, and but slightly expresses the prevalent opinions of the University. As a result, the scope of the CRIMSON is narrowed and no one derives any great benefit from reading what is printed. If you should exclude all but the comments of the University at large, not only would more people find interest in the editorial column, but Harvard would be provided with a true criterion of undergraduate thought. A. W. Baldwin...
Crimson debaters will mount the rostrum in Paine Hall tonight at 8.15 o'clock in an effort to vanquish the Carleton College representatives. The subject for discussion will be "Resolved. That the jury system should be abolished," with the University supporting the negative...