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...define professionalism is a task so delicate as to be almost impossible. The action of the Student Council on athletes writing signed articles for newspapers, is consequently extremely happy. Each individual case will now be decided upon by the two men best fitted to judge; and without laying down any rules which may be unfair, will prevent any objectionable work of the kind...
Following Major Higginson's speech, Dean Briggs was introduced. He avoided all discussion of the war itself, and confined his speech to the expediency of leaving important college work for a task to which duty and necessity have not yet made the call. Declaring that the courage and readiness of Harvard men in times of emergency has not, is not, and never will be doubted, he showed how they were ready in '61, and ready in '98, and said that if necessary they would be ready in 1914. Experience has shown that an entire regiment of Harvard...
...individual courses, but their main function will be to help the student and guide him in the kind of reading and study which will be most useful toward his general progress in this Division. The attitude of the tutor will be that of a friend rather than of a task-master, and students may consult him freely and informally concerning any phase of their work...
After Dr. Fitch's talk, there was an informal discussion in which the affairs of the Territorial Clubs received deep consideration. The problem of injecting more sociability into the meetings, and the task of carrying through the work on the hand-book were acclaimed the most imminent, and it was decided to meet both questions by more closely binding together the separate clubs through a union of the different officers into one common committee. No further action was taken and the hand-book is no nearer publication than before. The attendance at the meeting was discouragingly small...
There are two new features in the recently announced requirements of the Division of History, Government and Economics, namely, the general examination and the tutorial system. And they are complementary. The task of the tutor is to intelligently guide the student in his preparation for the final examination, to assist him in that organization and correllation of his work which is the key-note of the plan. His work begins where the adviser's work ends. The adviser still superintends the choice of courses made by the student although it is to be expected, probably, that a capable tutor will...