Word: utopianism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...appeared in the past a desirable stimulus to undergraduate athletic interest, this second point supporting the Corporation's plan may be thrown out at once. Whereas an income-bearing endowment which would be established with a view to making Harvard athletics independent of paid admissions is a pleasantly Utopian scheme, a capital improvement such as the erection of a thoroughly complete gymnasium should legitimately be considered a part of an institution's complete endowment. The situation may then be seen to resolve itself into a question of which of these two forms is the more desirable to effect first...
...Harvard Club officer predicts. The more enthusiastic older alumni are too optimistic. When it is admitted that the same small social groups will be just as conspicuous a part of the House Plan as they are of the present dormitory system, many erroneous impressions as to the Utopian democracy of the House Plan will be swept away. The older graduates seem to be of the opinion that instead of a mature and natural social hierarchy Harvard College possesses a caste system. If some of the most ardent standard bearers of the reform ever have to live in the Houses, they...
...several not un-important details regarding the working out of the proposed social scheme. Mr. Greenough's mention of a "high table" in the dining hall for the resident masters and tutors, and of a separate common room for the same officials presents a jarring note in the utopian outline of the Harkness project...
...evident, then, that most of the two classes of undergraduates who would derive greatest benefit from the discussion of undergraduate problems is excluded. Freshmen and Sophomores, with their college careers still ahead, are the ones who need guidance more than upperclassmen. Fraternities in their commendable effort toward achieving a Utopian ideal seem to be hampered by their own exclusiveness...
...public works needed tomorrow, and public works which will never be needed at all. The last category -joy of the pork barrel experts, sorrow of the tax-payer-is what will be watched out against by hard-headed businessmen who may suspect the job reserve idea of being "utopian...