Word: subjection
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...difficult to get men in the immediate vicinity to give their time to this rather unwelcome task. To suppose that three competent judges could be brought to Boston from Chicago for the purpose of deciding the Harvard-Washington debate shows, to put it mildly, ignorance of the subject. It also shows ignorance to assume that Harvard alone selects the judges. Such is not the case...
...opponent's case. Many other New Englanders doubtless do the same. The third judge did not commit himself one way or the other, but it seems to be a fact that at least a majority of the board were prejudiced in favor of our visitor's side of the subject. They were not alumni of Harvard. It would seem, therefore, that when Mr. Palmer assumes that the judges "are completely in accord with the Institution and ideas which the Harvard team stood for and are completely in discord with the principles that the team from the West brings with them...
...Times of Sunday, May 9, there appeared an article purporting to quote Dr. Charles Eliot on the subject of West Point and its graduated product. Assuming that Dr. Eliot was quoted correctly, I wish to take exception to his statements--statements minimizing the value of the Military Academy as an educational institution and reflecting on the quality of its graduates...
...educational institution." Yes, most of the teachers at West Point are graduates of the Academy. They have been "through the mill" as cadets and have proved efficient teachers. Moreover, they are not teachers in the ordinary sense of the word. True, they are thorough masters of their respective subjects; but they are merely guides who point the way. They do not "cram" knowledge into the cadets; they draw it out of them. In other words, the cadet teaches himself. The character-forming habits instilled by the rigorous system of study are as valuable as the subject-matter learned. Self-reliance...
...defeat in one day of seven out of eight teams representing the University is an almost unprecedented event in the athletic history of Harvard. Although in no way explaining this occurrence the speeches made at the Varsity Club dinner on Friday throw a certain amount of light on the subject...