Word: reformed
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...when John Galsworthy's "Justice," was seen at the Plymouth Theatre. Six years ago "Justice" was first presented to the public in London and met with a great success. Now, produced in America, one can only hope that the admirableness of the cast combined with the interest in prison reform, which is just now sweeping the country, will serve to keep this play upon the stage for the long run that it deserves...
...Reverend Samuel A. Eliot '84 pays a high tribute to the work of Thomas Mott Osborne '81 in an article entitled "An Exponent of Harvard Spirit." Mr. Osborne's ideas on prison reform are not new but he has had the courage to push them in the face of strong political opposition. He incurred the enmity of the "bosses" because "he carried about with him too much moral dynamite...
...fellows think and act. If probation were looked upon as a disgrace, and if a little healthy missionary work were done by classmates--in other words, if undergraduates realized some responsibility for their fellows--the sinking probationer would more often make an effective effort to reform his ways. It may sound extreme to say so, but the fact is that probation in Harvard College is no more of a punishment to a student than an indictment now is to a business...
...each passed with a grade of B, are sufficient; no research work of thesis, unless incidental to a particular course, is required. And the Faculty are also somewhat freer with B minuses to graduates than to the undergraduates who can pass with C's. It would be a salutary reform which would make the A.M. degree worthy of the prestige it enjoys professionally and even socially...
...right to know its condition and how it is being managed. The mere appropriation of a vast sum of money will not cause the necessary reorganization in order that actual conditions may be improved; in order that we may have a needed change in the way of military reform, which should be forced upon Congress by a widespread sentiment. This investigation and knowledge has been denied to the people by the leaders of the party in power; and it is deplorable that there should be an attempt to deceive the people in a matter of such vital importance...