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...Freshmen. Although the abolishing of hazing is not so universally considered an unmixed good among either alumni or undergraduates as the college papers have represented, still the fact that hazing and the kindred practice of rushing have become customs of the past would justify the Seniors, should they see fit, to forbid the rush of the Sophomores and Freshmen on Class...
...college societies are limited in numbers, and their constitutions are such that an election to any one of them is a decided honor, - is a certificate of the possession of certain qualities which tend to fit a man for a prominent position. The members of these societies are elected with great care, and usually with great deliberation. Each class admits from the class which follows a few men, chosen with care from among the entire body of their classmates. These few men meet together from time to time, and elect others from their own class to join them, forming...
...suspect that some, who are dissatisfied, have not wholly freed themselves from the old notions, and, while desiring an open election, have forgotten its very essence. And here it is very properly claimed by the friends of the new system that it succeeds if it selects able and fit men for the places irrespective of the "element" they may belong to. The criterion is not that the "elements" have an exact numerical representation, but that positions of responsibility be filled by men who are qualified, and who will do credit to the class. With its success in this respect...
...determined by the Club, within the regions of ancient culture, to undertake such investigation or exploration as may be practicable. He shall keep a regular journal of his experiences, which shall from time to time be communicated to the Club, shall be their property, and may, if they see fit, be published...
...precisely right for an academic course. Superficiality in one study becomes general culture when extended to all, general culture gives the only sound data for induction, generalization, abstraction, - the highest processes of thought. The object of a college is not that of a machine-shop; it does not fit a man directly for active life, but for broad and right modes of thought. To specialize or differentiate is the object of a post-graduate course, or a professional school. Modern induction requires the eye of the thinker to have a broad range, - college teaches us to see widely; then, properly...