Word: works
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...fact that he is engaged in research work here, he has not yet had time to inspect the University closely but he expressed himself as much impressed by the living conditions of the students which, he said, are immeasurably superior to those in Europe. The facilities for research at the University he has also found to be better than any on the Continent...
...November 7.-After dragging through two 45-minute halves and two five-minute extra periods the game here this afternoon between the Cornell university soccer team and the visiting Harvard eleven terminated in a 2-2 tie. In spite of exceptionally hard and fast playing and brilliant foot-work on both sides, neither aggregation was able to break the tie by scoring a winning goal...
Emphasis on a field of study (as opposed to a course) tends to an individual system of education, with less assigned work and more voluntary work. Students at Harvard have long felt that there is something fundamentally wrong with the system of instruction. Whether the cause is a too definite prescription of work to be done, or lack of contact with the professors, or insufficient stimulation of originality, or the uninspiring personality of some section-men, many would-be students acquire late, or do not acquire at all, that absorption in their work which brings the greatest satisfaction. To this...
Later in the year five more Seniors may be elected; these men are those whose records for the first part of their College career have been marred by sickness or other causes not affecting their good character, but who have done such excellent work that their fitness for membership cannot be questioned. At the close of the Senior year the society may choose not more than five additional men who have been successful in the award of prizes with academic distinctions, and whose worth is attested by the professors under whom they have studied...
...meeting of the Freshman squad yesterday it was decided which men would continue work this fall. W. Davis 21, crew captain, and Coach Haines addressed the meeting and chose the 18 men who will represent the Freshman class...