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...native people of nearly all sections of the world were expert makers of cordage. The New England colonists could not produce better cordage than they found among the Indians with whom they first came in contact. In Peru, a great variety of cloth was made. Examples in various anthropological museums show that most of the types of weaving in use today were known to the Peruvian Indians in prehistoric times. Not long ago, there was litigation between certain twine manufactures over a "newly invented" method of winding twine into cylindrical packages. The controversy attracted the attention of an ethnologist...
...this is the most effective stimulation, and the best from all points of view. It is characteristic of such a course, that the members either get a great deal out of it, or nothing at all. It is a course given by a teacher; a man who makes his contact, not "by iron wires, of great resistance and little net current, copper wires that transmit well;" but, "by wireless contact of souls...
...draw some conclusions concerning the much-discussed 'extra-curriculum' activities. Someone remarked not long ago that a "grad" returns to see classmates, not to refresh his memory (if any) of Horace. Mr. Gavit says that "the student's becoming depends on the kind of men he comes in contact with...
...possible then to see some justification of such activities. In them one is constantly thrown in touch with men of similar interests; contact is easy. Not so easy is it to develop abiding friendships when the highest pitch of emotion must come out of books; that may be a better way, but it is more difficult: most have not sufficient appreciation. So they seek contact elsewhere; the unfortunate part is that often--usually--they do not know what they have...
...more than offer opportunity and to insure the students' realization of those opportunities. This realization should not be brought about by compulsion, but it should be more general than at present. And insofar as the college provides general and genuine, ontato, cj utssorafrwi,a eral, and genuine, contact, just so far will the students take advantage of it; in the number who do can be measured the degree in which the college succeeds...