At War with Academic Traditions in America / / A. Lawrence Lowell.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Lowell, A. Lawrence,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1934
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (357 p.)

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- TOPICS -- THE CHOICE OF ELECTIVES (1887) -- COLLEGE RANK AND DISTINCTION IN LIFE (1903) -- DIVISION OF UNDERGRADUATES INTO RESIDENTIAL COLLEGES (OR HOUSES) (1907) -- INAUGURAL ADDRESS (OCTOBER 6, 1909) -- COMPETITION IN COLLEGE (1909) -- ADDRESS AT THE AWARD OF ACADEMIC DISTINCTIONS (1909) -- HOW ΤΟ SECURE AMONG STUDENTS A HIGHER APPRECIATION OF SCHOLARSHIP (1910) -- COLLEGE STUDIES AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING (1911) -- THE DUTY OF SCHOLARSHIP (1912) -- THE SELECTIVE FUNCTION OF EDUCATION (1914) -- CULTURE (1915) -- THE DUTY OF ADDING TO KNOWLEDGE (1916) -- SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF EDUCATION (1916) -- THE ART OF EXAMINATION (1920) -- STIMULATION OF THE ABLEST STUDENTS (1921) -- ADDRESS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA -- ADDRESS AT YALE UNIVERSITY -- ADDRESS AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY -- ADDRESS AT AMHERST COLLEGE -- GENERAL EXAMINATIONS AND TUTORS IN HARVARD COLLEGE -- REMARKS AT THE INAUGURATION OF CLARENCE A. BARBOUR AS PRESIDENT OF BROWN UNIVERSITY, OCTOBER 18, 1929 -- EXPANSION OF KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION (1933) -- EXAMINATION IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS (1933) -- UNIVERSITIES, GRADUATE SCHOOLS, AND COLLEGES (1933) -- UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES (1934) -- DEGREES, PRIZES, AND HONORS (1934) -- PARTS OF ANNUAL REPORTS -- COMMENCEMENT, JUNE 22, 1933 -- COMMENCEMENT, 1934 -- A DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES FOR THE SOCIETY OF FELLOWS