Word: whether
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Apropos of the difference which has arisen between two of our governing bodies, as shown by the vote of the Overseers "to appoint a committee to consider whether the action of the faculty has heretofore infringed on the legitimate powers of this board," is an article on College Controversies in the Nation. The writer, after a careful investigation of the causes of the many internal commotions among the governing bodies of American colleges, came to the conclusion that the difficulties were the result of a bad system of government. That the administrative duties of the various bodies, the trustees...
...intellectual training, must all agree. That education, if properly used, and properly and modestly esteemed, will give both greater power and greater pleasure to business men, as well as to the literati, is undeniable. The question, however, takes at first sight a slightly different phase, when we consider whether or not the education at professional schools should be preceded by the regular collegiate training. Is it better for students to go right from the high school or the academy to the professional school? or do students gain sufficiently to pay for the time, and expense by taking the college course...
...many years past it has been a much disputed point among business men whether an extended course of study such as can be obtained by attending any well established college is, in the main, a proper training for a man who intends to make business his vocation in after life. Many arguments, pro and con, have appeared in the press, in all of which the great mass of discussion has centered about the one point, is, or is not, a highly educated man fit to devote his time and attention to the trivialities of any occupations outside of the professional...
...conference committee, if it were established, might be useful. It might inquire of the faculty, for instance, the reason why the bulletin boards of the nine were prohibited from the yard; or it might seek to learn the faculty's state of mind on the professional question, and whether any good whatsoever has been accomplished by forbidding the nine to play with professional teams, and by prohibiting professional coaches...
...some than to others. Adam Smith would give government the care of the shools, religion, and certain trade monopolies. Mill would have the degree of government interference depend on history, social condition and character of people; general aim should be at non interference. Mr. Mill is about right. Whether a state shall control a farm, a railroad, or an industry, is to be decided by the character, moral, social and political...