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...competition of other colleges must be met. Of all its equipment, Harvard's teaching force is the most precious. The position of the College today is due not so much to its age, traditions and able administration as to its noble line of teachers. The reputation for the highest grade of instruction must be retained at all costs. Even with plenty of money this will be no easy task, as the recent losses in the Philosophy Department indicate; but at the present time even funds are lacking. The Endowment Fund aims to help the present staff to meet the rising...
...student was considered in good posture if he came up to the standard which was in general judged by the following rules: Weight on the balls of the feet, abdomen in, chest up and chin in. An "A" grade was given to those that answered all the requirements and a "B" to those that failed in one. Those who failed in two were graded "C" and those who failed...
...officer competent to take his place in the complicated organization of a battleship must be an intensively trained man. It has been said that the average line officer of the Navy must know all that the officer of corresponding grade in the army knows, plus his own specialized technical knowledge. That is a statement not far wrong. The modern sea-fighter is a "soldier and sailor...
...Yale, with her engineering laboratories and extensive equipments for experiment is prepared for higher grade investigation in both the fields of science and applied science. The opportunities in this field are unlimited. If the nation and its universities could learn how much co-operation between the industries and laboratories would mean, there would be a revolution of incalculable value to science, to business, and to government...
...that Harvard undergraduates do not make full use of their own mental attainments. It is remarkable that one man should have won a rating of 100 per cent. in Dr. Muensterberg's test, but it is likewise remarkable that so many of the other students fell far below that grade in the tests. A recitation of the dozen different experiments that were tried on the psychology class is interesting...