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...read Scott's novels far into the night. He had a taste for declamation, in which he was greatly skilled, and thus gained a Boylston prize. He also displayed marked ability in English composition, and what he wrote was of much excellence. In his junior year he wrote an essay on "The Character of Sociates," for which he gained a Bowdoin prize; and again in his senior year he took a second prize for an essay on "The Present State of Ethical Philosophy." He had much skill in making poetry, which he freely employed for college purposes. On Class...
...question of the value of prize essays for the cause of science and higher literature would form an interesting one for investigation, either in its historical or its theoretical aspects. It is said to be a commonplace of criticism that no good thing can come out of a prize essay. A recent writer instances Prof. Bryce's "Holy Roman Empire" as the only composition of this sort that has proved an exception to this rule. We do not know of any cases of prize essays from American colleges that can be called such exceptions. It is possible that there...
Prof. Eugene L. Richards of Yale has written a very interesting essay on the subject of athletics. His first paper is confined to the advantages derived. He speaks of the relation of the mind and body, and of the necessity of exercise. "Exercise, to be beneficial, should be regular and systematic. To be most beneficial it should be in the open air. In consequence of the reciprocal action of mind and body, to be as beneficial as possible it should be accompanied by mental occupation. The mind should be interested in exercise while the body is engaged. But how secure...
...Darwin's essay on "Instinct," which has recently been published, has awakened but little discussion. The general opinion seems to agree with Prof. Huxley, in that it is of very little importance, and had better have been left unpublished...
...past the defenders of Greek, like the defenders of ancient Greece, have bravely met and routed their opponents, the struggle to lessen the importance of Greek in the curriculum by giving more prominence to French and German has been again and again renewed; and now, strengthened by Adams's essay read before the Phi Beta Kappa in June, the supporters of the modern languages have renewed the contest with more vigor than ever before. At the last meeting of the faculty the subject was introduced and discussed, but, of course, no definite action was taken, nor is it probable that...