Word: questioned
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...examination period draws to a close, there arises the usual question of the ethics of tutoring. In certain courses students are given to understand that those who obtain such outside assistance, if it comes to the knowledge of the instructor, will be assured of a low grade regardless of the merits of their papers. Yet these courses are usually just the ones in which an accurate correlation of the entire semester's work is essential in order to pass the examination. The department of Philosophy offers an excellent example of this in the case of Philosophy...
Williamson Bill. To accomplish this purpose a bill was last week offered in the House by Representative William Williamson, chairman of the Committee on Executive Expenditures. In the Senate Chairman Norris of the Judiciary Committee promised "early and careful" consideration of the question. The U. S. Drys, Consolidated, generally applauded the prospect of the transfer and most of their friends in Congress promised action...
Statistics on what happens to athletes after their graduation from college are not lacking, but the accuracy and value of these compilations have frequently been called into question. Since, obviously, most statistics must deal with men who sweated on the turf or cinders at least a quarter of a century ago, it is difficult to estimate what changes have been effected by the increased supervision and more efficient medical attention of today. At any rate, it would be worth any effort expended to determine the opinion of leading medical authorities as regards the effects of excessive competition in athletics...
Whatever the outcome of these findings it would still remain a dubious question whether Harvard should adopt the two-sport rule of the Southern Conference. Undergraduates generally prefer their liberty, even if it might mean their death. It is certain, however, that if real justification is found for the rule now enforced among Southern institutions, it is the duty of the University at least to give adequate warning to participators in three or four sports and to offer such men more frequent and more thorough medical examinations than they might ordinarily receive...
...main drawbacks were mechanical, such as the question of whether the students would be compelled to eat in the House dining halls, the cost of the residence, and other such difficulties which can easily be ironed...