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...come back to the main question again whether Harvard was over hasty, we cannot well give an unqualified answer. Yes, if we take the present state of educational matters into consideration; no, if we look ahead to the great change which is to be effected. At present there is a great gap between school and university which the young man has to jump over as best he can. His academical training ceases long before it is nearly sufficient; he is left to make shift for himself in a sea of different studies, and there is no denying that the average...
...each week absences were announced in Latin after the service. "Ter abfuisti," a student would be informed. To which he would answer, "Semel aegrotavi," "Bis invalui," or "Detentus ab amic s" (friends from home...
...What answer can the overseers make to save from ridicule their boasted system of compulsory morality...
...half past two o'clock in the afternoon, preceding the examinations in N. H. 2, Prof. Mark will meet the class and answer all written questions which may be handed to him before two o'clock of that...
...position that young men are likely to take under such a loose, half-hearted religious system, is that of agnosticism. The place occupied by religion should be honorable and unmistakable. Never has the question 'Is life worth living' been asked with such persistency as now. The college teacher should answer it, when questioned by the student under his charge. More than eight hundred Harvard students have petitioned not to be required to attend prayers, and they are supported by the faculty. It must be difficult to maintain a religious feeling in such a state of affairs...