Word: ways
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...entering class justifies the expectations as to numbers to which the entrance examinations gave rise, and when Freshman classes are large the welfare of other undergraduate and graduate departments is assured for future years. It is a regrettable fact that through many early graduations and some failures by the way the Senior class is but little more than half as large as the Freshman class. To the impartial mind it would seem that some change in the requirements which would establish either three years or four years as the normal period for the attainment of the bachelor's degree would...
...often that the CRIMSON criticises the methods followed by instructors in giving their courses, because the mistakes that are sometimes made usually themselves point the way to speedy relief. But when the same complaint is heard year after year against the same group of courses we feel justified in taking account of it. The conditions with which we find fault prevail in the marking system used in two or three courses in elementary engineering, taken by a large number of men, in which mechanical drawing forms the principal part of the work. Instead of marking the drawings by some common...
...should be the rule to follow. In their studies, students are inclined to wait for their instructors to tell them how and why to do their work. "The true scholar," said President Lowell, "does not wait for a Professor to come along with a lantern and show him the way. He simply breaks right in without delay, and gets what...
...athletic sense Freshman year is given to a trying-out process through which lies the surest way to later success. In return for the attention which is given in every sport by competent coaches, candidates for the teams are expected to do their part by reporting regularly and by keeping themselves in good physical condition and in right relations with the College Office...
...with little success. Not until almost the beginning of this century when Langley, Chanute, and the Wright brothers turned their attention to this invention was anything like success attained. The flying machine was the outcome of experiments in gliding. The Wright brothers made many trials in this way, and in 1903 applied a motor to their machine. Since then no essential change has been made in their invention, a very remarkable fact...