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...mere educating machines to teach by rote the blessings of a military despotism. They have long since learned to hold their tongues not only upon the subject of the Government, but upon history, philosophy, economics, and nearly every other topic of the higher learning. But recently a Professor so bold as to translate your English John Mill was forced to take the long Siberian exile. Only a few years ago, in the study of Roman history, the Roman Republic was required to be either entirely eliminated or else passed over with the general statement that, "after Tarquinius the Roman people...
...progress of a superior class of students." However one is somewhat reassured in his feelings of advancement, when the article states, "but that education, either as a philosophy or a practical accomplishment was other than painfully narrow, mechanical, and unnatural in its ordinary condition, he must be a bold man who would affirm." the author then goes on to say, that "there have been within the last fifty years two remarkable movements in popular education which have also largely modified the academical schools. In 1830, New England was the undisputed leader in American education. The system of training was fixed...
...Majesty Myself," in the Boston Post says "it was Mr. Boucicault who told Oscar Wilde how to treat the 'bold, bad men' of Harvard, who would fain have broke up the poet's lecture, and for which exploit Oscar has been so much applauded...
...advantage of Yale College," the Tribune cried, excitedly, "that shallow and one-sided dogmatism directs its instruction in a science of the highest practical importance." Its editor then proceeds to utter an ominous warning to any other professors or colleges who may make so bold as to uphold free trade heresies...
...John Tyler, Sr., Washington, has written his name with a firmness of hand and an amount of ink that insures it preservation "till the coming of time." With the same plainness of writing is the name of a now famous Western lawyer, J. Young Scammon, Chicago, III. Not so bold in style, but with an antique scholarship, a certain Joannes Ignatius ventured upon some Latin which begins thus: "Kalendus Julus anni MDCCCXLIII., hac finis in Bostoniensi academia...