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...second factor is the captain. Under this heading I place his qualities of leadership, his command over men, his powers of discipline, his ability to establish and maintain an esprit de corps, his forcefulness, his insight, and finally his finally his common sense. We have had more than one case at Harvard, in the last twenty years, of the choice of an unsuitable captain mainly because he was popular--'a good fellow,' so to speak--one whom every one liked. It is a great mistake. She has made it conspicuously on two occasions, but it is written down that that...
...compose the Council were the most representative, it is by no means certain that there were enough of them to act wisely and justly on behalf of the entire student body. This consideration points to a larger membership as necessary if the Council is to command respect and consideration for its decisions...
...refused to bow. But a somewhat irregular education suited well a nature which was always fretted by routine and profited by whatever was unusual, diverse, and expressive of individual character. In his youth he attended a Lycee in France and afterwards the University of Geneva, there gaining an unusual command of French. His German be acquired a few years later at the University of Berlin. In 1862-64 he was in the Lawrence Scientific School; then for four years in the Harvard Medical School, from which, two years later, he received the degree of M. D. He studied with Agassiz...
...thorough command of his subject unless in addition to knowing and thinking about it he can express himself; and for this reason the theses now extensively used are among the most valuable part of our undergraduate education; but it is not improbable that they would be more effective if their use was more systematic. Theses are now so numerous, and come in all the courses so nearly at the same time, that they are often hurriedly and carelessly written...
...well-known pieces of Chopin, were performed by Mr. Moeldner '13, a pupil of Madame Hopekirk. Although in the first piece the left hand portion was a bit heavy, the Nocturne was played with real poetic feeling, and throughout Mr. Moeldner preserved a singing tone, showed an easy command of the keyboard, and, in the difficult Polonaise, unusual brayura. Following a recently adopted and praiseworthy policy of the Sodality, an original piece by an undergraduate was given--a Scherzo by C. B. Roepper '10, in which the composer makes a clever and genial use of modern effects in rhythm...