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...upheaval of the French Revolution; and it was a French student who first suggested that man had risen to his present place by fitting himself to his surroundings. This was the origin of the theory afterward made so famous by Darwin. If it is true, then, that we can develop ourselves most fully by adaptation to surrounding conditions, it should be worth while for all who come to Cambridge to learn something about the nature of the neighboring country...
...Chess Club will meet this evening to reorganize and make plans for the coming season. Great efforts are being made to arouse interest in the club, owing to the fact that no experienced players will return to College next year. It is necessary, therefore, to develop inexperienced men, if Harvard is to obtain permanent possession of the Intercollegiate Cup. To do this, Harvard must win the intercollegiate tournament ten years in succession; as the record of victories is unbroken for the last six years, only four seasons remain. G. H. Wolcott of the Boston Chess Club will assist...
...neutral way. This is better than positive sin, no doubt, but it is a poor way of living. The need of good men in the world is greater now than ever before, and surely they ought to be found in such an institution as this where men come to develop and broaden their ideas and their field of usefulness...
...school, correct principles of teaching are quite as essential. In the first place, knowledge as an ultimate goal must be abolished. It has brought with it a system of little less than bribery, in the shape of elaborate methods of marks and examinations -- a system under which true development is put aside for deceptive prizes and honors. The reasonable way of teaching is to bring before the child the incentives of that community life to which reference has already been made. For example, modelling and drawing should be made interesting for their own sake from the beginning, and should...
...feature of the practice, which was entirely unexpected, has been the number of promising men who have been the number of promising men who have been discovered. The work of Spratt, Whitney, and Pruyn as line men has given reason to expect that they will develop into good men next fall, and Brockway and Martin have showed themselves very promising halfbacks. The most important discovery, however, has been Sherlock's ability as quarterback...