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...second paper of Professor Richards, from which we give several of the more important abstracts, does not seem up to the first in originality of ideas, but is, nevertheless, of sufficient interest to attract notice. He says: "With regard to the evils of the present system of college athletics it must be remembered that the best system will not be free from all evil. That the present system has evils is no valid argument against it, unless it can be shown either that these outweigh the good, or that some other practical system can be devised which shall have...
...course; that elective in the following year would be avoided. If he finds the students are not doing the work assigned to them he is led to require less. Thus in the course of years each elective gains a reputation for hardness or "softness," and this reputation will attract students who will per petuate the same. It is a notorious fact that there are at present electives which no indolent student will choose, and others which few close students will enter. Thus every student is embarrassed in his choice of electives. Disinclination to hard work, ambition for collegiate honors, pecuniary...
...Harvard Annex, and it is the testimony of some of the Harvard professors that the average scholarship of the classes in the Annex is above that of the classes in the college. Over fifty courses are open to the pupils, and of these, Greek, Latin, English, German and mathematics attract the largest numbers. This year, thirty-five out of the forty-eight ladies have chosen Greek electives. Two enthusiastic girls from Texas sold lands and traveled two thousand miles for privileges which Harvard University could afford beyond any woman's college. In return, the Annex has sent a graduate...
David Kay, F. R. G. S., has written a book on "Education and Educators" which ought to attract attention in the United States. Among other points, he discusses the hereditary effects of education, its relation to the state, its connection with religion, and the different kinds of educators. The book is written after the scientific method, and its positions on all points are supported by ample citations from leading authors. The author designs to put forth two more books, one on anthropology and the other on pedagogy...
...students of Davidson "College," Charlotte, N. C., have if correctly reported, recently been indulging in some very curious freaks. We doubt if even Southern "chivalry" can explain these actions. The report reads: Students at Davidson College have of late been so riotous as to attract general attention. They take possession of Davidson College station as the trains stop, go through the cars singing ribald songs regardless of the presence of ladies, and parade the country round about so that women are afraid to be found abroad. This hostility seems to be especially directed against preachers, whom they compel...