Word: towards
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...that the opposition which the idea raised in the individual almost totally offset the advantages of the training offered. Although we cannot express an opinion on the matter till a more definite plan is proposed, yet it would seem more reasonable to organize the new system with a view toward extending the opportunities rather than toward requiring the students to act against their inclinations...
Deplorable indifference seems to be the attitude most common toward class elections this year. The uncertain number of Seniors back in the University makes an exact comparison of voting and non-voting percentages impossible, but in the balloting of last week the non-participating members of the Class were far too numerous. Following in the footsteps of the Senior election, the Junior and Sophomore classes, especially the former, have paid small attention to the nomination of candidates by petition. From these criteria, the three elections today are apt to be very unsatisfactory to both the nominees and to the classes...
President Hibben of Princeton University in his annual report to the Board of Trustees, advocates making Princeton a "National University." Under the head of "Princeton National University' he proposes important changes to submerge the "tendencies toward sectionalism and separation in education," which he feels are too prevalent in American colleges. Although about 80 percent of Princeton's students come from states other than New Jersey, President Hibben believes the enrolment should be more representative of the entire nation. To this end he plans countrywide competitive scholarships which will also provide for the increased traveling expenses for those coming from distant...
Certain graduate opinion may incline toward the view that the physical development of large numbers of men is of greater importance than the defeat of Harvard and Princeton, but we feel that a series of defeats at their hands would quickly make clear the need of victory for its own sake and for its general stimulus to sport as a whole. --Yale News...
Pending the announcement of final plans for artillery R. O. T. C. Units Yale has established a Unit along pre-war lines. The 82 members now enrolled will take three hours of theoretical instruction a week which will count toward a degree, and three hours of practical work. Upon completion of the four-year course, which will include summer camps, the men will be given provisiona commissions in the Regular Army or commissions in the Reserve...