New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-09
HARVARD COURSE IN ARTS.
THE OvERSEEBS' COMMITTEE NOT WILLING
TO SHORTEN 1T A WHOLE YEAR
CoNCURRING IN THE PROPOSITION OF THE
FACULTY TO ALLOW THE COMPLETION OF
THE COURSE IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE YEAR-A CONCESSION
TO MEDICAL STUDENTS.
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tBY TELEGRAPH To THE rkIDUSE.I
Boston. oct. s.-rhc met ting OF ms OVcrsecrs VI
Harvard Colleee to-day unusually inuie"he rs
related the proposition Of the faculty 10 shorten
the period Of time and tho number OF courses re0u'0
to obtain the degree OF Bachelor OF Arts. Inc con
mittee Of the Board Of Ovorsecrs suonit'eo no 'oP"
which laid over for future action. ihe eon
mittee goes the assigned py Ihc is'u'J
for the proposed changes and d'Senfs from SONIC VI
the arguments used 70 support the propost'oh' Inc
change was proposed largely for ths benefit OF the
medical students, whose course after securing u'c
degree Of u. A. Is long one The committee oePio'es
any effort to reduce tile required amount vi hoeiaA
studies for all students. we'll AZ FOR the Il" ue'u
Ing medical students. In whose needs alone Ic NOW
ncnt had origin. They regard 1t as towering Oh
the standard that wonid give the leadership to some
other principal college and also force the smaiieT
colleges u lower their standard. THO RrcSt IRu'
r,cnt In favor Of the proposed chang" u INC "nrscu
excessive Of the Harvard student 81 Rrahua.""'
Tho committee therefore tabulaes the ages ana mus
that tho average Of matrcuants tod IS no hfnor
than tlLst OF years ago and not slbsAnsiiS mshea
thnn it ordinarily was twcnty or even tweh'' "'e
wears AGO. OF matriculants between eighteen ana
nnct cen decidedly more are below eight"cn anu Hill
tila,l sboce In the last eleven years mo 's"'es
which increase the average aae are various rairh"
do not wish 10 trust Young bows whore temptations
are likely 70 int rtet young lads WIN 'ho"e OF
their stud~s. More stringent diSr'pho anu '"e
nrcscnt ystm Of addresses freshman electives are
Qnoted " the remedies. Perhaps the mos' "h'''No
cause the committee. Is III" less amount OF uo!
required by young boys III preparatory ''h"ois' ''s
hcin9 due 70 social Distractions. athletics and
lrnchoncd HOLIDAYS. OF athletics. the comulte" sayS
"The Interest In athletic sports though It nt"rfeFes
greatly with ptog~,s In school stables. do" so much
L, improve the phi, squc VI boys that IL u pfobatIs
that the business professional man may gam hor"
time from this q, The end OF his career In pro-
longed lie AID capacity for god work hah ne ns's
At the beginning IN his delay In ""rnr and grsas'
at,ng from college. tia, the loss Of time is moro
snpar,ut than real No.t graduates OF a generation
ago would lie glad enough duy 10 have graduated
u ycur older than they did. fVr IN" sake of the phv
siuue which the school and collage ne {" 10 Ga! wouiu
have gwen them. II they had lad 1t III their time
Bat the committee ,c more work in tie propaa
tory schooi. Th,. question ,i reducing the time OF
the college from four years /" three" -"ys tho
report is not IN cn',d by thu faculty pN'
po>als. although most Of the popular discussion OF
them hHs assumed thIt >uch reduction Was "i'sn-
plated. A. between tire And i"ui years spent ~
Harvard l:b~rnl ~ju1"S d" not hesitate t" rcc-
omnend the lcnscr p'rrd rs preferable. To r~'n''
VIC for al. STUDENT. unl.s ~"'nc g"hr:a a'd ~
gitimst- demand rI,t, for the reduction. would be
equivalent TO M admission that three yc.xs ~ ~ mu Il
IS profitable 81 :c-IiAble ~ I'm ridge Your com
niitNe does no; find sucs - demand and docs not 10
hevc ti,i tho existing conditions call for the sdniH'"n
Those who ned desire to gc through III three years
do now
The r-ppr, Of the committee concludes with nm fol
loving which Will w Considered By The board later
.No;.si. That tho Boai,! OF Ovcrsccrs concurs with
the corporation in tho approval Of the f"utn pro
prsal of tho coll ge faculty that student may be
recommended for tho degree Of Bachelor OF Ats IN
tie middle, well at the end Of III" a adcmic wear
"Notof. That the Board Uf over Gers cououIs WIN
tho corpru'io' ts ~ p"Na y, the third proposal
Of u~ COLES, faulty. rf"v.dd = b" amended nv erik
H., oit "a, ~" f"r,.. 49,: requirement II