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...Countries, the tyranny of Philip II. and the rise of the Dutch Republic. To suppose that a student will carefully study this period by himself is expecting rather too much; indeed, to study it thoroughly without the help of an instructor would be, for most of us, exceedingly difficult, if not impossible. At the same time, a student of history not acquainted with this period would be somewhat in the condition of a man who had left algebra out of the study of mathematics...
...over and take another nap until corruption has again reached its maximum. Something, therefore, must be done that will produce more lasting effects. It should be a part of every intelligent man's education to be taught to take an interest in politics, and it certainly should not be difficult to arouse such an interest among a large number of educated young men who will soon be voters. Harvard students, I fear, for the most part confine themselves to reading the Nation every week and to adopting its opinions, so that there is very little originality shown, and, worse than...
...case, we beg to suggest that too much valuable time is taken in making the choice. Two months before the regatta is late enough to find our crew settled upon and hard at work, and where the strokeship lies between three or four men, it is not supremely difficult to make a choice. We are sorry to miss Mr. Taylor on the crew. As an oar, he is undoubtedly faulty, but his strength and endurance will be a bad loss, and we hope his absence may be only temporary. In his stead, Mr. Ely has been rowing, pulling...
...minute - by which this object is attained, the better; and in this we are supported by the best authority. However, it rests with each captain to pull the stroke that pleases him best, and the result of the races will judge it. Of the Matthews Six it is difficult to say much. They are more irregular than the other crews; but they look remarkably strong and capable of quantities of hard work. They are, by all odds, the heaviest crew. If the next three weeks' work brings them together, we venture to predict for them a front place...
...phonetics. In the first place, phonography cannot be learned without hard study and continual practice, - a well-known fact, I presume, - and it is very seldom that a person becomes an accomplished phonographer in less than three years. But suppose the undergraduate can write short-hand, it is very difficult to get the necessary practice. In taking lecture notes there is no difficulty; the work is smooth and almost fascinating, but the work comes when the notes are to be translated into long-hand, and unless they are translated at once they are soon forgotten, and finally become almost unintelligible...