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...Aspect of the Idylls of the King," by N. W. Stevenson, displays much originality of thought. The author thinks that the peculiar feature of the Idylls of the King is their constituting a sociological poem, in which it is shown how "an atmosphere of evil eats out the heart of a community...
There is one aspect of the proposal to shorten the course to three years which has not been touched upon except casually; and that is the effect which such a change would have on the athletic and social life of the students. Professor James in his article in the Monthly hints that there might be some disturbance in the state of our athletic and social organization but does not speak with any seriousness on the subject. As a matter of fact it is a question likely to influence the undergraduates only, and the faculty and outsiders will generally not consider...
...students, and in 1888 President Eliot opened the first meeting of the year with an address on "College Loyalties." At a later meeting Professor Norton spoke on "Interest in Literature in its Relation to the Life of the Undergraduate." At the fifth meeting Professor Goodale spoke of the "Moral Aspect of the Scientific Method." All of that year's meetings were devoted to questions of daily interest, or to the discussion of thoughts uppermost in men's minds. In 1889-90 the Conferences were devoted to a series of addresses on the various professions, each lecture being given...
...university men whom Mr. Winsor has met in England. Mr. Winsor speaks of the barren appearance of the college buildings and grounds at this season when the ivy on the old walls has disappeared and the trees have lost that thick foliage that makes English country so beautiful. The aspect of antiquity and decay that the buildings presented was not all pleasing. Inside the buildings, however, it was a different thing. The coziness of the college balls at Oxford and Cambridge was a thing that could not be found in either the Scotch universities or these of America. A dinner...
...lecture concluded with a general and negative criticism of the Spencerian formulas of evolution, and with a few practical suggestions as to the ethical aspect of the doctrine of evolution...