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...CRIMSON outside of the college yard has been irregular of late. We shall take every precaution to see that the trouble is remedied as far as possible, but we would remind the subscribers who room in private houses that very often the papers are lost through no fault of ours. When there is no letter slip in the door of a house, we cannot hold ourselves responsible for what becomes of the papers When the doorsteps are covered with snow, as they have been early in the morning after the recent storms, the papers cannot be slipped under the doors...
MORNING SESSION.The first paper of the morning was by Andrew S. Draper, Superintendent of Schools in Cleveland, whose theme was, "Plans of Organization for School Purposes in Large Cities." Mr. Draper declared that the one great fault of most of our present school systems is that the municipal management is in the hands of men, who are not acquainted with the proper methods of education. This evil cannot be avoided until we do away with politics in the election or appointment of school boards. Moreover, the board should be small and easily wielded, composed of men who have thorough knowledge...
Considerable expenditure was made on Boylston Hall during the year. A new laboratory for organic chemistry was built on the third floor, and the large room formerly occupied by the mineralogical cabinet on the second floor was converted into a lecture room seating about 500 persons. The principal fault of the building is that it is not wholly fireproof...
...Pierian Sodality was decidedly at its best. Schubert's "Marche Militaire" was admirably played, with unusual conciseness and spirit. The club was not so good in "At Midnight" The playing lacked precision, the strings were not always in unison and the wood wind was sometimes at fault. The waltz "Preciosa" was almost faultlessly played; the brass was judiciady used and the trombone was well managed. In fact the brass and wood instruments were played with much better judgement and skill than they ever have been before. They were never obtrusive. All the skill of the club was called...
...many; it connects itself more or less with every man. To any man called upon for a public speech this training is of great value; and it has much to do with making a good conversationalist. It leads, moreover, to a better pronunciation of the English language. The fault of clipping and slurring and mis-pronouncing words is often laid to Americans and not unjustly. Still further these courses have another advantage in giving a deeper insight into the beauties of prose and verse and the ability to recognize them more clearly. Upon the whole, then, this subject of speaking...