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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Finally, a policy of general examinations to cover subjects rather than courses and coming near the end of the college course has been forwarded. Such a system is to be tried in the Medical and Divinity Schools, and is comparable to the general test to which a candidate for admission to the bar is submitted in many states. Of this system President Lowell says in his report: "If a student obtains his degree by passing examinations in separate courses, each course will be to a great extent an end in itself; whereas, if he must look forward to a general...
...Harvard law school, making a similar division. He finds that in the last five classes, among those who are also graduates of the college, eighty-six had come from private schools and 133 from the public schools. Presumably this represents the contrasting school groups which figured in the earlier test. At all events, what is the conclusion from these figures? It appears that one boy in every six of the private school obtained an honor degree in the law school, whereas only one in thirteen of those who had prepared for the college in public schools was equally successful...
...meet the need of more intimate guidance and friendship for Freshmen that the present system of Senior advisers was added to the Faculty advisory system. It has been on trial long enough now to test its merits. Have the Seniors done their part? In most cases, they have at least tried to do so. They have perhaps written a cordial letter to each of their advisees before College opens, inviting the new student to call; they may even have joined other Seniors in their "entry" in giving an "open night." There is no lack of good will in the matter...
...soon as the weather will permit one of the tennis courts on Jarvis Field will be resurfaced with a mixture of clay and stone dust. The purpose of this is to put to a practical test the proportions of the materials which have been figured out, and to determine the best mixture, both from the standpoint of playing and also of drainage. It is believed that two or three days playing will give the court a satisfactory tryout, and as soon as the results have been obtained a new surface will be put on a row of twelve courts. Eventually...
...above all, straight-forward, common-sense ideas, suggestions and encouragements for the various University interests, we devised last year the editorial competition. This spring it will be open to Juniors and Sophomores, each of whom will be called upon for two well-written editorials each week. By the latter test it is our wish to secure for the paper men who can best express in the editorial column the public opinion of the student body as it should be concentrated and expressed by a university paper...