Dormitory and Club Life and Their Relationship to University Organization: Correspondence With President Lowell Concerninga Former Suggestion for a ... and Primary and Secondary School Organization - Couverture souple

H. B. Kipper

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1331380693 ISBN 13 : 9781331380696

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2017

Synopsis

Excerpt from Dormitory and Club Life and Their Relationship to University Organization: Correspondence With President Lowell Concerninga Former Suggestion for a Harvard-Boston Tech; Agreement Also Higher Education and Primary and Secondary School Organization

Within the last few years it has been suggested, at least on several different occasions known to the writer, that Harvard University, or perhaps more correctly Harvard College, should be divided into a number of smaller colleges. The suggestion has also been made, and very nearly acted upon, that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology should be united with Harvard, or at least should become more closely affiliated with the latter institution. A certain degree of opinion against the affiliation was expressed by a very considerable number of undergraduates and graduates of both institutions. This was finally, however, largely overcome and negotiations between the two institutions entered into with one of the above ends in view. Unfortunately, however, it was determined that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology would be unable to sell the land, on which the larger portion of its educational buildings were situated, for commercial or residential purposes. Since it was felt that propinquity was essential for any true affiliation between these two institutions further negotiations were not attempted.

The writer wishes to offer a concrete plan based on the former suggestion that Harvard be separated into a number of smaller colleges, and also a possible method of procedure by which a closer unity between Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology might be countenanced. He does this, moreover, in the belief that the community in which these institutions are situated should be willing to aid in the latter undertaking.

In addition to extending the advantage gained from sports from a small percentage to all students, by a division of the university into a number of colleges, ano…

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1331380693
• ISBN 13: 9781331380696
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 25
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