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Title
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The Plymouth Notes
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Alternative Title
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Lawrence Bruner Letters, 1897
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Creator
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Lawrence Bruner
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Identifier
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081210-1897-060u
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Transcription
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UNIVERSITY FACULTY CONFERENCE
Pleasant Informal Gathering and Talk by Prof. G. E. Horward.
The first "faculty conference" for the new year was held last night at the home of Chancellor MacLean at Eleventh and H streets. All of the members of the teaching staff of the entire university were invited, and practically all responded, making a gathering of nearly 120. The professors and instructors of recent appointment were asked to appear early in order that progress might be made in forming acquaintances before the regular business of the evening. The social part of the affair was therefore important and pleasant. Professor and Mrs. G. E. Howard of Palo Alto, Cal., assisted in receiving.
At the proper time the company repaired to the room in the attic set apart last seoson for the use of the members of the faculty in these informal conferences. The Harzenow quartet opened the proceedings with an enjoyable selection. The chancellor then called for the report of the committee appointed some time ago on these faculty conferences, consisting of the deans, the chancellor and Miss Conlkin. Miss Conklin presented a recommendation that two meetings of this kind be held every year, one in the fall and one in the spring. It was proposed that no organization be formed, but that a committe be appointed at each conference to arrange for the next one. These things being satisfactory to the faculty, the care of the next conference was placed in the hands of Professors Barber, Nicholson and Bessey, they being senior professors.
The chancellor then called upon Prof. George E. Howard, an honored alumnus of the university, to give his old associates some idea of the workings of Standford university, where he now holds the place of head of the department of history. Professor Howard told in his clear and incisive way of the inner workings of that institution, particularly with reference to its system of administration by departments which makes it almost like a collection of colleges each giving instruction in one general subject. The whole matter was of intense interest to the audience, as Stanford has made a number of radical departures from the beaten paths in courses of study, entrance requirements and internal organization, and every professor was anxious to learn the results of these experiments. After Professor Howard finished nearly an hour's address he was called upon to answer a number of questions on different points of the system.
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