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...LECTURE. "The Function of Patents for Invention." II. Mr. Odin Roberts. Pierce Hall...
...LECTURE. "The Function of Patents for Invention." I. Mr. Odin Roberts. Pierce Hall...
...meet others with similar convictions. The instruction given the University in this subject is by its very nature limited. Excellence in this art can only come four continued practice outside of the class room. In making such opportunities, and in making them attractive, the Speakers' Club has a definite function in the University...
Contrasted with this is the entirely different function of giving in concise form reviews of courses. Many men who are on the whole regular in attending lectures are led to believe that seminars by outside coaches are essential. Apparently they are too lazy to prepare themselves thoroughly or else they are victims of the fantastic notion that by listening to the charmed words of the tutor and reproducing them as nearly exactly as possible on the examination paper they will get a good mark...
...compared with efficient proctoring it cannot supply the element of guaranty, unless it involves the systematic spying of students upon each other and the subsequent prosecution of wrong-doers. As in the case of crime in general a surveillance which may be an honorable function when performed by the appointed agents of society is repugnant to the ordinary citizen, so fellow-students would naturally prefer to leave the detection and punishment of cribbing to the appointed authorities of the College...