Word: systemize
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...second point stated in the majority's report is that 'the existing system does not, however, tend to create a general habit of athletic exercise among the whole body of students, but. rather tends to discourage...
...believe that college duties are shirked because of interest in athletics to a much greater degree than they would be shirked supposing there were no athletics at all. If the committee will take a deeper glance into the past twenty-five years and compare the two athletic systems they will probably see that, after all, the present system is the best. We hear no longer of "town and gown" fights, of practical jokes played upon professors and Cambridge citizens, and of other childish exhibitions of animal spirits. The men who train for athletic teams are, as a rule, the best...
...majority of the committee of the overseers appointed to consider the letics say in their report that during the last year ninety-four contests took place costing $25,000. The existing system does not tend to encourage a general habit of exercises among the students, but rather discourages it. In rowing, for instance, single and double sculls have nearly disappeared, and the whole energy of the boating men is devoted to the 'varsity crew. The students are becoming divided into two classes, those who are actively engaged in athletics, and those who take no interest in physical exercise...
...excellent features of our college management that the officers are so willing to look after the welfare of indigent students. Very many men more or less in need of money are annually helped by the Secretary to both pleasant and profitable employment. Such has been the success of this system in the past, that this year more applications have been sent in than the Secretary is at present able to fill. There are doubtless many men in college who would welcome an opportunity for summer employment, and with the added chances, there is no reason why those who are worthy...
...book in one reading. Endorsed by Prof. Richard A. Proctor, the astronomer; Hon. W. W. Astor, late U. S. Minister to Italy; Hon. John Gibson, President Judge 19th Judicial District, Penn.; Hon. Judah P. Benjamin, the famous jurist, and hundreds of others who have all been his pupils. The system is taught by correspondence. Classes of 1087 at Baltimore, 1005 at Detroit, and 1500 on return visit to Philadelphia. Address Prof. Loisette, 237 Fifth Avenue, New York, for prospectus...