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...started his career as a caterer, later selling the chain of restaurants, which he controlled, and entering the newspaper field in Chicago. He owned and edited at different times the Chicago Inter-Ocean, Times-Herald, Record-Herald, Evening Post. His services to the Republican cause brought him into contact with many a famed man, made it possible for him-for he never accepted an office-to become great by refusing greatness, notorious while shunning noitoriety. A genial, meagre, shrewd little man, he had a talent for friendship and an ability to stick to his principles, no matter how little they...
...second place the study of the classics brings men into contact with many periods and a vast range of topics. He will acquire in his study a fairly good knowledge of ancient history and politics. He will become intimately acquainted with the leading figures of the time he is studying. He will read and digest the literature and philosophy of the ancients. The Classics are an all embracing subject. One cannot fail to quit their study with an infinitely broader horizon than when one began...
...simply instruction in the art of living, and when it becomes divorced from life it loses all its meaning. The fundamental remedy for this situation as for a considerable number of other educational evils, seems to be the appointment of instructors who are men before they are professors. Closer contact of the Faculty with the the individual student might well go along with this. Then, too, it might be well to get more of the English 17 spirit into college courses and mix saws, hammers, and electric bulbs with the discussion of lofty theory. The result might...
...After voluntary isolation, the United States, under the impulse given by President Coolidge, is about to resume contact with European affairs. This was proved by Secretary Hughes' visits to London, Paris and Berlin...
...further this contact, and to preserve land for the future growth of the University, it is desired that the buildings be placed close together, rather than far apart, and, according to the program, "buildings designed in consonance with Harvard tradition, with appreciative use of materials and careful detail, with variation enough to avoid monotony, and with as much domestic feeling as is reasonable, are desired...