Word: problems
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...They count either as a whole or half courses. Already complications have arisen as to the number of them that may be taken at one time. If the present courses prove successful, as we have no doubt they will, and the other departments offer similar ones, a very considerable problem looms up in the near future. Can a student elect more than one such course at one time? It seems to us eminently proper that he should be allowed to do this. In our opinion an earnest man could carry two of these special courses, and do in each more...
...does not depend on weight for the make-up of her teams. We are not certain that the papers would not have spoken differently if Yale had won. But that is a matter for conjecture only. Harvard will undoubtedly put a freshman team in the field, and thus the problem which presented itself at the beginning of this year will never have to be solved again. We trust, however, that the spirit of improvement which has animated foot-ball men in the past will continue to exhibit itself and that such changes will from time to time be made...
...granted, then, to start with, that a man has a fair knowledge of the more mechanical side of writing, the question for him to settle is in what direction he shall turn his skill. If men carefully thought over this problem, the standard of work in our papers could be much raised...
...elective system into the latter half of the course. The commendations of it, which the men have so stoutly opposed it are now forced to make in justification of the change, form interesting reading to those of us who have long believed that there was no solution of the problem of meeting the demands properly made on American colleges, save by introducing some flexibility into the old traditional curriculum. The fear often expressed that students will generally abuse or unwisely use the liberty granted them of choosing to some extent their studies has not been shown by our experience...
...Delta Upsilon Fraternity has just issued its Quarterly of November, 1885. The contents of the pamphlet consists of an oration delivered before the fraternity by Dr. O. P. Gifford, upon "The Problem of Life," an ode by Mr. Hill, Harvard, '85, a poem by Prof. Dudley of Cornell, and reports and letters from the various chapters of the society. Dr. Gifford's oration is a curious digest of the Platonic theory of Reminiscence and of Wordsworth's adaptation of it. It is in many respects a notable address, showing a tolerable grasp upon the real significance of our modern methods...