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...evening. He pointed to one of the chief defects in the graduate of American schools of applied science as that of timidity in attacking large problems. Students too often begin with low ideals and try to attain greater ones, whereas the reverse should be the rule to follow. In their studies, students are inclined to wait for their instructors to tell them how and why to do their work. "The true scholar," said President Lowell, "does not wait for a Professor to come along with a lantern and show him the way. He simply breaks right in without delay...
...door handicap field events will be held in the Stadium this afternoon at 4 o'clock. Entries for the 12-pound hammer-threw and the running broad jump, the two events to be held today, may be made on the field. More of these handicap events are to follow shortly...
...pairings, together with the times and places for the matches follow. Those men whose names are starred must leave their entrance fees at Leavitt & Peirce's before they will be allowed to play...
...these simple methods were outgrown. President Eliot pointed out with unanswerable force that the field of human knowledge had long been too vast for any man to compass; and that new subjects must be admitted to the scheme of instruction, which became thereby so large that no student could follow it all. Before the end of the nineteenth century this was generally recognized, and election in some form was introduced into all our colleges. But the new methods brought a divergence in the courses of study pursued by individual students an intellectual isolation, which broke down the old solidarity...
...Directors of the Union have arranged for the current year a series of especially interesting lectures by prominent men. The lectures on professions, which were instituted last year and which proved so successful, will be continued this year. The dates and subjects of the lectures arranged for October follow...