Word: systems
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Migration of Graduate Students, The Status of American Students in Foreign Universities, The Prevention of Conflict in Thesis Subjects, The Relation of Graduate and Undergraduate Courses, The Lecture System in Graduate Instruction, Culture vs. Specialization in the Graduate School, Should the Ph.D. be a Teacher's Degree Only? The Value of Fellowships, Should the Minimum Time of Study for the Ph.D. be More Than Two Years? Should the Ph.D. be Given on Examination and Thesis Alone without Regard to Previous Work? Teaching as a Profession. The Scholar's Ideal, Papers will be limited to fifteen minutes; men speaking in discussion...
...scholarships and prizes are those which bring success in after life. Physical, intellectual and moral strength are as much needed by the scholar as by the athlete or the soldier. The excellent physical condition of the scholarship holders is a source of great satisfaction and their nervous system must be in good condition. While the desire of pecuniary assistance is a motive which, in some cases, leads men to try for scholarships, it is no longer the leading motive. The difference between scholarships with and without stipends is growing less and less and will disappear in after life...
...Griswold, Princeton' 99, president of the Intercollegiate Golf Association, which consists of Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Columbia, has called a meeting for Thursday evening next in New York. Among the changes to be discussed are the abolishing of the present system of scoring, and the transfer of the time of the championship tournament from the fall of the year to the spring. The application of the University of Pennsylvania for admission will also be acted upon. Harvard will be represented by G. C. Clark...
Professor Strobel commented on the diplomatic and consular system of the United States and showed wherein these systems were related to civil service. Professor Macvane spoke on civil service in England, showing the advantages of the English over the American system. Germany and England have, at present, the most fully developed civil service system in the world...
...mass meeting of Columbia students held last Saturday a complete change of method in the management of the athletic interests of the university was made. For the old system of a separate organization for each branch of athletics, a general athletic association was substituted. According to the articles of the new system the control of all athletics is vested in a committee made up of five graduates and the captains and managers of the various teams. The graduates are known as the "advisory committee," and are elected by the alumni council. The undergraduate representatives, captains and managers...