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...case of one man this year, eight three-hour examinations had to be taken in nine successive days. Toward the end of such a period a student is mentally exhausted, and his chances of passing in the last two or three tests is dangerously impaired. Another element which makes these extra examinations even more onerous than they naturally would be, is the fact that the make-ups require if anything a longer period of review than the examinations would if taken in February. This is true because of the greater time which has elapsed since the work was taken...
...consideration of a paper which "is to serve the function for our University which the professional magazines do for the nation," both journalistic and literary functions must be considered. The writer of the communication upon this subject fears that in a consolidation of the three present magazines, the journalistic element would be neglected, and that conditions similar to the present would arise through the foundation of rival periodicals. A remedy is suggested in the reduction of the number of issues of the existing papers. These points are all worthy of consideration, but the first two seem to lose much...
...Harvard University is a brilliant centre of philosophical study, combining in itself remarkable men of widely differing tendencies; William James, psychologist and physiologist, whose pragmatism attempts before all to demonstrate the effective existence of an element of novelty in the course of phenomena, and in consequence, the value and power of action; Royce, who combines a certain pragmatism with a symbolic logic, and seeks in the conditions of action, the explanation of the fundamental principles of the logic itself; Muensterberg, the learned psychologist, with a leaning toward the idealism of Fichte; Santayana, who seeks under action immobility, and under...
...changes announced at Memorial Hall introduce again the dangerous element of transiency, which has more than once proved a stumbling block to carefully devised systems of operation. Undoubtedly some new patronage will be attracted, but some men who are now regular boarders will be changed into transients. On the whole it is possible that the added convenience will be appreciated by the members, and that it will be worth while...
...Michaelis, wanders into a Missouri hamlet, where he heals through faith. How he lost his gift through love of a woman, and how he recovers it, and are told in three acts of increasing dramatic intensity. Though there is a touch of mysticism throughout the play, and the spiritual element is strong, neither is allowed to dominate the dramatic telling of the present-day story...