Word: plan
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...University intends to affiliate all of the surrounding colleges, make use of their instructors, and in return give them the use of its own professors. The plan of university extension will also be adopted, and many who cannot attend college will be taught by correspondence and otherwise...
Under the leadership of Professor Dwight the supreme aim of the Law School, hitherto, has been to fit students for the actual work of law practice. The newer policy, however, condemns this ambition as inadequate, and seeks to expand and remodel the plan of instruction. The idea is to carry out the old object of fitting students to be practicing lawyers, and in addition the advocates of this new plan would have taught at the Law School the theory of law in its highest ranges, as is done in the finest universities of Europe. This expansion and extension of instruction...
With the idea that opportunity be offered for such a training, we would suggest that the University Glee Club consider seriously the plan to establish a second glee club. The Glee Club, of course, best knows, how it could carry out such a plan. In our athletics it has been found that a second team works admirably. Why should not a second glee club become equally well a capital feeder and training school to the 'Varsity Glee Club...
...similar change to that which some of those who oppose the three year plan here have proposed. It would not have the same effect as the change which the faculty favor, although it would practically mean a three year course. Such a change at Harvard would lower the standard of the degree very materially inasmuch as a man could secure his degree for fourteen courses instead of eighteen as at present. The Harvard faculty proposes no such radical reduction in the requirement for the degree. If it be said that the work done in the professional school does count some...
...have heard a little talk lately of a plan to unite the Exeter and Andover school clubs here at Harvard. The clubs themselves can judge best of the advantages or disadvantages of such a scheme, and it is for them alone to decide on the matter. We should like, however, to make to them a suggestion which may or may not lead towards a final union between the two clubs. It was originally the plan of each club to hold a dinner once during the year. We suggest that this year they hold their annual dinner together. Anything which will...