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...limitation of choice some appear to mean making choice less. I mean fortifying it, keeping it true to itself, making it more. Control that diminishes the quantity of choice is one thing; control that raises the quality, quite another. Old educational systems are often said to have erred by excess of authority. I could not say so. The elective system, if it is to possess the future, must become as authoritative as they. More accurately we say that their authority was of a wrong sort. There are two kinds of authority, - the authority of moral guidance, and the authority...
...Agassiz, in his recent report to the president and fellows, reports that "the unexpected demand for instruction is in excess of our accommodation. . . . It will be absolutely essential, in order to maintain the unity of organization on which so much care and money have been expended, to provide additional quarters for the accommodation of the increasing number of students, and the natural demands for expansion in the specialties of each department. At the present moment an additional section of the museum would barely meet our requirements." We understand that work will commence on this another season. Nor is the interest...
...athletic interest among the students, and of what is coming to be universal among us, regular exercise. In 1879-80, there were 474 lockers in use, 1880-81, 579; and for the succeeding years, 583, 803, 831, 895, and 931. At present there are just fifty applications in excess of the accommodations. In all other departments of the gymnasium the same increased interest is evident, especially in the bowling alleys where at present the freshman reigns supreme, in and out of hours...
...will be seen that in Massachusetts the greatest gain has been made; 10 in excess of '88 and 9 more than in '89. California has been increasing steadily in the number of men sent here, and the prospect for Harvard in the far west is very encouraging Rhode Island has shown up well for '90, having sent 7 men here this year...
...well cooked and wholesome. Because it is well served is no reason for supposing that it is injurious. Nature has made us with different tastes and powers of digestion. It is well not to be too watchful lest we become hypochondriacs. Tea and coffee should not be taken in excess. Alcohol, on account of its disturbing effect on the digestion, should be used sparingly, especially by young people...