Word: reporters
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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MEMBERS of Sections III. and IV. of Division C in Junior Themes will find their themes at the office in a tin marked Junior C. The next Theme day for these sections will be March 4 Sections I. and II. will report together, with Theme V., on March...
...glad to learn upon good authority that the report in reference to the misfortune of Mr. Leister of the class of '80 is incorrect, and we sincerely regret that his name appeared in the last Crimson. The report was wide-spread in the College at the time, and we had every reason to suppose that it was true. Our only object in publishing it was to bring forcibly before the minds of hard students the danger of over-work; and though we are happy to learn that the rumor in question is false, the principle remains the same...
...space devoted to the subject of scholarships in the President's Report, and the fact that many of the Junior class have just been writing forensics on the propriety of throwing them open to those who are not in need, makes this a very suitable time for the further discussion of our present system of scholarships. In another column will be found a communication from a graduate, and we shall be glad to welcome any intelligent discussion of the subject. It is evident that it is not closed by the President's Report. He has shown, to be sure, that...
...Faculty might give some relief, or at least boldly face the evil. It is well known throughout the college that the two deaths of last year were the result of reckless overwork; and it is difficult to reconcile with this fact the statement in the President's last Report, which reads, "In no one of the cases could the fatal disease be attributed to any exposure or overexertion incident to student life or to residence in Cambridge...
...subject of scholarships is treated by President Eliot in his late Report in a reasonable and comprehensive spirit, which - as the common phrase goes - leaves little to be desired. That something, nevertheless, remains unsaid, is the opinion of thoughtful persons whose attention has been directed to this subject. For while it is a matter for congratulation that poverty, when it can be confessed and proved, need not bar Harvard to a fairly good scholar, it is still to be regretted that necessitous parties, who are unwilling to proclaim their condition, are tempted to seek the cheaper colleges...