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...Journal of Education has an article that at the present time is particularly applicable to Harvard. The writer excellently draws the distinction between a college and a university, showing how much more election in the study belongs to the latter than the former. The college in its aim is "general rather that special, being to develop, as lies in its power, the youth into a man, not into a teacher, lawyer, or other professional or business specialist." The university, on the other hand, is for special study, and is peculiarly an elective institution. Study at a university is usually subsequent...
...universal opinion seems to be that a course in contemporaneous history would be of almost incalculable value to students in general, but especially to those who intend to make journalism their profession. The number of men who intend to devote their lives to journalism is by no means small; there are no technical schools for journalistic training, such schools would indeed be impossible from the nature of the profession. But now when our newspapers are recruited largely from college bred men, it is no more than right that colleges should add all in their power to prepare men for their...
...their sojourn at Harvard, nor the ones whom the college wishes to attract. The real burden would come on the instructors, especially in the popular courses, for a system of monthly theses would entail a tremendous amount of work, although it would be lightened by the fact that the general impression produced by a thesis would be sufficient to determine the grade in which it should belong, and consequently much of the time which a long and careful marking would take, would be saved. Despite this objection, the plan seems a good one, for the advantage gained from the superior...
...following is a true occurrence in U. 5: Dean, "Why were you absent on this date?" '89, "I had a severe cold." Dean, "and on this date?" '89, "Indigestion." Rear man in the line, speaking up good and loud, "Chestnut!" General collapse...
From these few examples of translations it is quite evident that the attempt to find a love story in the German was very general. The pronoun, "sie," is quite as suggestive and inspiring as our own "she." Perhaps the translations tell too well the tendencies of youth...