Word: towardness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...presence must be counteracted by the outside individual efforts of the students. But no allowance is made for the fact that where choice is possible it may happen that Greek O is very thinly attended while History XXV is crowded to the doors. This tendency of the student towards one course, coupled with the shunning of another would come under "outside individual efforts" and would not at all weaken the necessity of a thorough study of the less popular course. This is the spirit of President Porter's reply, and it is an effort well calculated to provoke serious reflection...
...tables running lengthwise the hall will be moved toward the centre aisle as far as possible, and thus there will be ample room for those men sitting at the ends of these tables...
...coming month is one of the best of the year for outdoor sports, especially for canoeing. The cool afternoons ought to serve as an inducement for many of the lovers of the double-blade to launch their craft on the river and start for a pleasant paddle up toward Watertown, or down into the rougher water of the harbor. The Canoe Club made a good beginning last spring, by holding a successful regatta; why cannot the experiment be repeated this fall? There can certainly be no better way to arouse interest in the sport. The number of entries made...
During the past year little or nothing has been done toward raising more money for a suitable grandstand more money for a suitable grand-stand and dressing-rooms near the track, and for a fund to keep the track in order. For this purpose, and for a fence, if not impracticable, a large sum of money is needed, and when the committee on the track is reconstituted by the association, or by the executive committee this fall, we must hope that its action will be energetic and that the men appointed by it to raise money in college and from...
...mathematics, one in zollogy and one in Roman history, besides the required work in physics, astronony and chemistry. This new system, with the introduction of German into the required work of freshman and sophomore years, has been arranged thoroughly in accordance with the progressive movement of modern educators toward a more liberal course of study. At the same time Yale intends to require enough of classics to thoroughly impress each of her students with the value of such training...