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The Selective Draft in College Entrance
Mussey, Henry Raymond | January 3, 1918 issue

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Nicholas Butler, the president of Columbia University, proposes that the existing examinations for college admission and the existing requirements of previous academic residence for admission to the professional and graduate schools should be continued. One serious difficulty that the president sees in the plan is that it requires labor, a faculty for decision, and a willingness to accept responsibility, which human qualities are no more superabundant within a university than outside it. The article discusses pros and cons of this proposal.

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UNIVERSITIES & colleges -- Examinations; COLLEGE preparation programs; BUTLER, Nicholas; COLLEGE teachers; PUBLIC institutions; EDUCATION; ACADEMIC achievement
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