Word: fields
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...elective system was made practically necessary by the huge expansion of the field of knowledge which took place in the nineteenth century. It was no longer possible to make any pretense that a four-year curriculum could supply the elixir of all learning "in a pint pot." A certain range of choice was inevitable. The wide expansion of the system, however, which opened up virtually all subjects to the student's choice, was the result of a theory, an educational dogma. This dogma was of Teutonic origin-a result of the "scientific culture" of modern Germany. Method was exalted above...
...outset of his Presidency at Harvard, in 1909, Lawrence Lowell set his face steadfastly against all this. While still allowing a considerable freedom of election, so that education remained adequately comprehensive, his method required the student to group and organize the major portion of his studies within a single field. It was a step toward the famous "honour schools" of the English universities, in which the student concentrates upon the classics, history, English language and literature, or any one of half a dozen general subjects. A similar step already had been taken in many American universities...
...identical with that by which a Sunday school pupil who collects enough good-conduct checks can enjoy all the privileges of the June picnic. Hereafter Harvard will award its degrees, as Oxford and Cambridge do, on the basis of a "a general, final examination in the undergraduate's field of concentration." The questions will cover not only what has been imparted in the several courses, but the subject as a whole. Out side reading will form an important part of the student's preparation, and one of the prime requisites will be an ability to digest knowledge and present...
...morning, athletics and recreation in the afternoon, and a large meeting in the auditorium in the evening. Unlike Northfield, however, there will be no dull rainy afternoons at Silver Bay, for there is a new gymnasium perfectly equipped for indoor sports. Outdoor athletic facilities include a baseball field, cinder trace, tennis courts, bathing beach, diving tower, boating and mountain climbing...
...unchallenged master of the cinder-path. Since then Cornell, closely followed by Pennsylvania, has led the way. Saturday's victory was the first Harvard challenge in recent years to the Ithacan supremacy. If every undergraduate with track experience will assist in this advance by reporting for track and field events, then the University may well expect to see her colors in the fore once again at the Intercollegiate games...