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William Preston Johnston, President of the Louisiana State University and son of Albert Sidney Johnston, the confederate general, is visiting leading colleges in the North with the view of obtaining useful information. He will soon visit Harvard...
...made. If such means existed there is no doubt that in numerous higher courses, for example, in history, philosophy, or the sciences, which involve original work, much better results could be attained and fewer useless or duplicated efforts would be made. It is true that the means for the general dissemination of scientific knowledge and of the latest results of scientific investigation are to day exceedingly numerous. Nevertheless there is as yet no trustworthy means for the intercommunication of the results of class room or "seminar" work-work so often tentative and highly specialized and thus little likely of immediate...
...have several times suggested the propriety of having the different professors and instructors in the college, give a course of lectures on topics of general interest outside the classroom. The anniversary of Martin Luther's birthday which occurs today, brought out a suggestion that Prof. Emerton, who is now delivering a course of lectures in Boston, on Luther should be invited to deliver a lecture on that subject before the students of the university. In yesterday's issue we printed an abstract of a lecture by Pres. Porter of Yale which illustrates what we wish. There are dozens of topics...
...Yale criticism upon the recent Yale-Rutgers game, in which Yale made 97 points to 0, says: "The Yale men showed themselves strong in passing, the rushers held well and got through quickly, the kicking was in general very good, and some fine runs were made. But the rushers did not drop on the ball quickly, the tackling was too high, as was also the punting. There was an inexcusable amount of fumbling throughout the whole game, and it took the men entirely too long to get up to their work...
...should therefore think it quite within the province of the college, either by means of any general lectures or printed suggestions on the subject, or through the detailed suggestions of individual instructors in the lecture-room, to endeavor to aid students in acquiring right methods of study...