Word: towardness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...only depended on the number of his friends, he would certainly get it. With all the faults which are laid at the door of Harvard men,- of which, no doubt, an inconsiderable portion are justly attributed to them-they can not be charged with being indifferent, or callous toward pluck, and enterprise, when shown in their midst. Mr. Bowen's whole career in college, however, has exhibited these qualities strongly, and he has made a host of friends for himself thereby. In our wishes for the success of his present enterprise, perhaps there is a grain of selfish interest...
...that in your yesterday's issue you criticise one of the items of expenditure of the Boat Club. I should like to say as a member of the executive committee that the officers of the boat club are deeply sensible how much the crew is handicapped, in its efforts towards success, by the heavy debt under which the club is at present laboring, and that they are extremely anxious to reduce expenses to as low a point as is consistent with the welfare of the crew and that therefore any criticisms of the expenditures of the boat club, which...
...modern languages in all parts of the country, it is believed that such a journal would command an able and intelligent support, and exert a powerful influence in advancing the objects of the organization. As regards the pursuit of Greek and Latin, while the attitude of the last convention toward the study of the classics was liberal and sympathetic, and the necessity of a knowledge of those languages as a sound basis for investigations in modern philology and literature was amply acknowledged, it was felt that the modern languages, including especially English, should occupy an equal position in college courses...
This statement, when taken in connection with the late action of the faculty, makes clear beyond doubt what is intended by such action. The chairman of the first committee of Overseers, Joseph Story, contemplated changes in the college curriculum as early as 1825. The growth toward a more free election of studies has steadily progressed since then. And the near future will see the course of study purely elective. The present stand of the faculty has thus been necessarily forced on them by the gradual development of an elective system inaugurated by the first board of overseers...
...system of election had greatly improved the scholarship of the students, and additional privileges were allowed. President Sparks was a determined opponent of the elective system, and energetically opposed it. Curtailments in the choice of elective courses followed. Shortly after, a reaction set in, and in 1866 the advance toward free election was inaugurated anew, and has culminated in the action of the faculty which has recently been taken. The college has steadily grown with the enlargement of the curriculum, and each year has shown a steady rise in the scholarship of the students, until last year 77 per cent...