Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Great enthusiasm has been aroused all over the country by the announcement of these intercollegiate aerial contests and it is expected that the events will be of considerable value to the nation in continuing the development of American astronauties in time of peace...
...Harvard--as is the case in all American colleges--there is little real stimulus for high intellectual achievement. A Phi Beta Kappa key is the only incentive, and, in general, this is accessible only to men with an unusual ability for cataloging and remembering facts. The student who lacks enthusiasm for Phi Beta Kappa turns his attention to some college activity other than scholarship where he is stimulated by what he feels to be real competition. These activities, although they offer valuable experience, are not--can never be, a substitute for scholastic work...
...more able students may have more opportunity for development, would be a valuable, though it is by no means a complete solution of the question. Students, as individuals, should be given more attention; competition in scholarship should be stimulated. The section men and assistants, who do not arouse enthusiasm should be supplanted, if possible, by more able men. The University should aim, at whatever cost, to obtain an ever increasing number of instructors of the highest calibre. A faculty which has men of national or even international reputation does more than anything else to arouse intellectual and even individual enthusiasm...
There are many things to be considered before a reform is instituted, but let us never forget to ask ourselves whether we shall derive more benefits from the new system than we did from the old. This is the acid test of all reform, however great our enthusiasm for it may be. E. A. WHITNEY...
...becomes increasingly clear each year that scholastic work in the University is not of a nature to arouse the passionate enthusiasm of a majority of the undergraduates. This state of affairs is not peculiar to Harvard,--it is typical of the entire American system of education...