Word: systemic
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Before the end of the year, the University proposes to make certain changes in its system of concentration and distribution. Just how extensive the contemplated modifications are, we do not know, but it is not impossible that when the leaders of the Faculty discuss the situation, their reforms may be almost as revolutionary as those at Yale...
...therefore, with satisfaction, that we learn that Harvard is to be among the first to appreciate the need for a new system. We wish, however, that this work of reconstructing education might not be left entirely to the Faculty. Doubtless their long experience makes it necessary for them to effect the actual changes, but it would seem that discussions of proposed reforms in which the student body is adequately represented would be very profitable. They would add another point of view: that of the younger generation; a point of view which, while less stable, is valuable because of its vigor...
There is, at Harvard, much need for change. The average undergraduate, takes too little interest in his courses. This is undoubtedly his own fault to a large extent, but the courses and the system underlying them are also responsible. Students fail to link up their outside interests--even the intellectual ones--with their lectures. Some men have far too many activities to be able to digest them; others do not know what to do with their time. The proposed division of activities at Yale, which is outlined on another page, shows an effort to establish a balance...
However we may feel as individuals, towards college reforms, we have not only the right but the duty to contribute our point of view. If we believe the present system ideal, let us say so and tell why. If we dislike it, let us propose constructive changes. These questions are vital. The world has never before offered so many problems. There has never been such hope for great constructive reform. We can not afford to shirk the issue; we should all strive to contribute some real experience to the cause, and remember that any honest conclusion we may reach...
That the Workshop system of amateur plays, as originated by Professor Baker, is doing a great deal of good throughout the country, was the statement made by George Arliss, the famous actor, to a CRIMSON reporter the other...