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Word: offing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1900
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In the matter of obtaining the degree of A.B. in three years, it appears that the movement to diminish the number of courses needed for the degree has become conspicuous not through Faculty legislation looking to that end, but through natural causes. The cutting out of prescribed courses began in...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRESIDENT ELIOT'S REPORT. | 2/15/1900 | See Source »

The President further states that "within a time comparatively short the majority of those who enter the Freshman class will come to College with the purpose of completing the requirements for the degree in three years. The movement will be promoted by the opposition of the Law Faculty to the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRESIDENT ELIOT'S REPORT. | 2/15/1900 | See Source »

Attention is called to the report of the Dean of the College on the extraordinarily low death rate among the students of the College. In 1895-96, four died out of 1772; in 1896-97, four out of 1754; in 1897-98, four out of 1819; and in 1898-99...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRESIDENT ELIOT'S REPORT. | 2/15/1900 | See Source »

In reference to the popular impression that the College is burdened with scholarships and that a surplussage of such aid tends to place a discount on real deserts, the Dean makes a most enlightening and authoritative statement. By far the greater part of the work done in the College is...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRESIDENT ELIOT'S REPORT. | 2/15/1900 | See Source »

A very encouraging report is made of the growth of the Lawrence Scientific School in building equipment, in the establishment of the advanced degree of Master of Science, in the increased number and quality of students, the organization of the School and the raising of the requirements for admission.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRESIDENT ELIOT'S REPORT. | 2/15/1900 | See Source »

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