Word: accepted
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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There is no rule today which says an athlete shall not accept a position at some camp as a counselor. That these counselors secured their positions through their athletic ability is pretty widely admitted, and if a college athlete is to be allowed to take money during the summer, is it just to deprive the good ball player of the right to earn his living during the summer...
...Brick Row Print and Book Shop" will be conducted along lines similar to those of the well-known book and print shops of England and of New York. E. Byrne Hackett, for the past six years director of the Yale University Press, has resigned to accept the management of the shop. Mr. Hackett will continue his connection with the University Press in an advisory capacity...
...system of entrance examinations. Particularly in the western part of he country these examinations militate strongly against a greater number of men coming to Harvard, because admission to the local western colleges requires only a certificate. The factor of inaccessibility has been largely obviated by the decision to accept Board examinations. Nevertheless, as long as examinations of any sort are required, Harvard will be at a distinct disadvantage throughout the West. The adoption of the New Plan examinations, though an excellent step so far as it goes, does not completely cope with the situation, because the mere existence of examinations...
There is no reason why the College cannot select the best preparatory schools of the West and accept their certificate for a small fraction, comprising the best scholars of their graduating classes. Such a procedure might very readily have the effect of actually making an examination-less admission to Harvard the goal for scholastic competition in many schools. And it would in all probability attract a number of the most desirable...
...This testimony and their allegation of ignorance every fair-minded man must accept; first, because, on general principles, they should have the benefit of the doubt; next, because they are men whose word amount those who know them is taken without question. Nor should their ignorance surprise anybody who has closely observed youth. A printed rule forbade their receiving board; probably not one of them had ever read the book of rules. If students read--and remembered--all the printed matter made accessible to them by the college office, there would be an immediate cut in the price of college...