Word: wille
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Handicaps. According to a verbal agreement with the President of the H. A. A., a set of prizes for handicap races will be offered on Friday afternoon, April 29. These races will, we believe, consist of a mile walk, mile run, 100-yards, 120-yards hurdles, and quarter-mile. Particulars...
A WRITER in the last Crimson has attacked the new system of honors on the ground that the value of honors will be much diminished, and that the amount of "true scholarship," as distinguished from studying for marks and honors, will also be much diminished. Even the most careless reading...
It is certainly true that the value of honors is somewhat lowered; but it is not easy to appreciate the writer's reason for considering this an evil, - that the Harvard honors will degenerate to the level of the numerous prizes of "small-sized colleges." Even if this were true...
The writer of the article referred to is of the opinion that the men who now get Commencement parts will, under the new system, have "less instigation" to work. This objection might have some show of plausibility if the standard of requirements for parts were lowered, and nothing more done...
As to the effect of the new system on the "middle class," the moderately good scholars, it is asserted that these men will be encouraged to take "soft" electives and to work for marks. This, apparently, is the only sound objection that has been offered; but the writer does not...