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...chief evil of laying exclusive stress upon the degree, and of counting by courses, is that it fixes attention upon the pass mark. In order to correct this impression, and create a stronger desire for excellence, the institution of distinct honor and pass degrees, akin to the practice of the English universities, has often been suggested. Whether it would be wise to have different curricula for honors and for a pass, as in England, is by no means clear. The vital point is the importance which those universities have attached, and persuaded the public to attach, to the winning...
Munroe entered College from St. Mark's School, and after taking his degree in three years was studying history and political science this year in the Graduate School...
...Mark's at Southboro...
...should be laid more largely than it is today on ability to deal with facts and principles, as compared with information acquired and memory." This is very welcome announcement, for the useless and irksome task of temporarily assimilating a quantity of trivial details in order to obtain a high mark, has proved a most effectual deterrent to students who otherwise would have aspired to honors. An A obtained by such work is considered of little value by the majority of students, for, as President Lowell has put it, "the object of a liberal education is not so much knowledge...
...investigator. His work immediately vindicated the choice; and he was promoted, in 1905, to an assistant professorship. He succeeded in so illuminating an involved and technical subject as to show clearly the vivid interest of its underlying facts and the ories; moreover, he had already begun to make his mark among the forward looking band, who seek to discover not merely the products, but also the mechanism, of organic changes. His academic advancement was assured; he loved the University, he rejoiced in his opportunity to serve her, and in return his students gave him unusual affection...