Word: premiums
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Seniors who have made a specialty of Greek are now beginning to prepare for the Foster premium, which is derived from a fund of $3,000, given to the university a few years ago by the late Hon. Lafayette S. Foster. Contestants this year will be examined on the "Oration on the Crown." As the premium is the largest one which is offered during the course, the rivalry is sharp...
...would be a chaotic mass of egotism; without the latter, progress would be dead. Young men coming to Harvard should be allowed to choose for themselves whether to continue their general education, or to launch at once into some one branch of study. The ranking system should place no premium on either plan; an unbiased choice should be allowed, free from all unworthy motives...
...have long felt to be either a mistaken policy, or an injustice on the part of the faculty. In your issue of February 11, a correspondent, in arguing against your "third reform," makes the following statement: "This reformer would destroy the advantages of the elective system by placing a premium upon a superficial education, such as is to be obtained in the prescribed course which most American colleges require. Under the reform which is suggested, the specialist is triumphed over by the superficialist, which is exactly contrary to the tendency of modern progress." May I ask, through your columns...
This reformer is evidently one who does not appreciate our dearly cherished elective system, since he would destroy its advantages by placing a premium upon a superficial education, such as is to be obtained in the prescribed course which most. American colleges require. It certainly would seem an injustice toward those who come to Harvard for thorough study in some particular branch of knowledge, that those courses which are included in their specialty should only count for them a fraction of their standard value-simply that some superficialist may have the possibility, thus denied to the specialist, of attaining...
...done goes without saying. And if the sward we have been so proud of in the past looks rough and worn next Class Day, it will not be entirely the fault of the students, for the grass now offers superior attractions to pedestrians, and the college almost puts a premium on walking over...