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...canter that brings you to a standstill need not be only coming to rest. It cannot be, while you still live. For to live is to function. That is all there is in living...
Harvard, in its system of concentration and distribution has taken the stand that the college's function is to provide a background and create a vision which will enable the student to enter the professional ranks, but it makes no pretence to a high degree of proficiency in any limited subject. With specialization practically inevitable later in life, the highest service which the college can render is in the development of resources and an ability to grasp the real meaning of problems as they present themselves. In this sense the college's job is not professional training...
...function as a musical laboratory the orchestra would have a double mission. For those playing, it is by far the best method of developing a real appreciation of music, and for its student audience it should act as an introduction to musical literature. An excellent way to create an informal atmosphere which would attract undergraduate audiences lies in the possibility of a series of "pop" concerts, where food could be served and the listeners would not be confined to uncomfortable theater seats. In addition the Pierian's scope could be increased if it were to unite occasionally with the Glee...
Because the April Hour Examinations actually do little more than disorganize preparation for Divisionals for no really important purpose it is little more than reasonable that, for the Senior Class, at least, they be discontinued. Their function is completely out of harmony with the Divisional examination and their result is merely a collection of negligible statistics of no real value to anyone...
Henry Ford states the extreme view of the function of vocational education in modern life when he says that schools should be the training ground for industry and, as such, should be supported by industry...