Word: term
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Called to the presidency in early manhood, he has administered the affairs of this University for forty years with eminent skill and fidelity. Its vast development during his term of service has been mainly due to his rare wisdom, his strong convictions, his enterprise and his zeal. Prompt to initiate reforms and fearless yet prudent in pressing them, he has by his constructive energy transformed Harvard College into a university, and at the same time has exerted an influence on the educational forces of the nation which has largely shaped their policy, so that he stands today the leader...
...next question is whether competent and successful business men will accept the positions if elected. President Eliot is of the opinion that the efficient citizen will accept, given conditions under which he may serve his city honestly and well. Another method of increasing municipal efficiency is to lengthen the term of office. In the new charters adopted by Galveston, Houston and Des Moines, this is done, and the chiefs of the city departments hold office for long periods. The three fundamental fea tures, however, of the system under which reform can best be secured are one chamber of delegates...
...word "system" as applied to football regimes and organizations is to most people an elusive and unsatisfactory term. Many have been the bewailings as a result of lack of "system" from men who have not the slightest conception of what that word really implies in connection with a football organization. There have been popular demonstrations from time to time in the past decade in favor of this or that system with very little knowledge of just what was being acclaimed. The only external evidence of some systems has been a copious amount of notes on the work of the year...
...election of a successor to President Eliot will engage the attention of the Governing Boards during the time that remains before the expiration of President Eliot's term of service. In accordance with the established procedure the election will be made by the Corporation, and their choice will be communicated to the Board of Overseers for their consent. In view of the heavy responsibility attached to the choice of a successor to President Eliot, the action of the Governing Boards will be deliberate, and the time of its occurrence cannot now be predicted...
...Student Council, can develop a genuinely good government without the co-operation of the governed. It is, therefore, incumbent upon the students to show an interest in the coming elections, to elect able men, who are interested in their work, and then actively to support them during their term of office. If we are to be good American citizens in the future, let us be good Harvard citizens in the present. A. S. OLMSTED...