Author: Harvard College

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-10

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 9781528596220

Excerpt from Harvard College, the Class of 1876: Seventh Report of the Secretary, Covering the Class History for Twenty-Five Years to 1901 Entering only three years after the accession of President Eliot, we found his energy at work building a new superstructure upon the old foundation. During Freshman year we were per mitted to pursue our required studies with our minds unfretted by the necessity of choosing for ourselves, but the three succeeding years com pelled us to get out of leading strings. We were given a broad choice of elective studies; our at tendance at our courses was made voluntary. As is well known, this liberal system has, with cer tain wise regulations, been made still more lib eral, and its principles have, through the changes in the entrance requirements, been extended into the secondary schools. The general principle has been adopted by the College that a Bachelor's de gree is necessary for admission to all professional courses of study. This makes it important that the conditions for admission to the College or Scientific School shall be liberally conceived. Mr. W. C. Lane, in the Report of the Class of says: The requirements of 1881 al low the substitution in the place of Greek of a considerable amount of scientific study, including some advanced mathematics, but do not al low the substitution of any modern language or of history. Japanese students may substitute an examination in the Japanese language and litera ture for English, in the Chinese language and literature for elementary Greek, and in English for elementary Latin; while students and grad nates of the Imperial University of Japan might be admitted without examination. Our young Roman of the East, the Japanese, as well as his American fellow-student, can, if he chooses, do the work required for a degree in three years. Some of the old leisure classes took five or six years in their pursuit of an ever evading degree. It is even planned to have two Commencements a year. Since the prohibition of rum punch, two such days may safely be per mitted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.