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Professor D. C. Miller, of the Case School of Applied Science, Cleveland, Ohio, will deliver the fifth of the series of lectures on "Bound Analysis" at the Lowell Institute the evening at 8 o'clock. The special subject will be "The Cause of Tune Quality: Pure Tones; Ideal Muscatel Tones...
...Lowell Institute Lecture. "Sound Analysis. V. Cause of Tone Quality; Pure Tones; Ideal Musical Tones," by Professor D.C. Miller...
...leading article of the February Monthly is a well-written "Comment" on "Freshman Dormitories" by Charles Merrill Rogers, Jr. He fears that they may substitute a gregarious vulgarity for that individualism which has become the consious ideal at Harvard. That individualism should be fostered at Harvard is, I think, generally agreed. But that his fears are well-grounded is not so clear. Is the present system, or lack of system, as soundly individualizing as it might be? Individualism does not, I take it, mean isolation, but rather the personal independence that comes from thoughtfulness and breadth of interest. There...
Unfortunately men were not created paragons; fortunately for their interest in life, they were not created alike. What helps one may hinder another; and the ideal of a college system is that which will hinder the strong man least, and help the weaker men most. Concentration and Distribution, in holding many up to a certain standard, may be a real hindrance to a few; but criticisms of it have risen chiefly, we believe, not from this cause, but from a failure to distinguish between a real hindrance and an inconvenience, such as any set of rules and especially...
...York. As to the question of starting in practice, a man has little choice if he has no capital. Most men advise everyone to start with some established firm but there is much discussion as to whether the large or small firm is the more desirable. The ideal combination seems to be the large free which gives its assistants responsibility and variety of work. Ordinarily a man should not go into an office with the idea of remaining there permanently unless he is reasonably sure of being taken into the firm