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...Freshman eight has suffered many changes since its formation. Four men have been tried at stroke and numerous other shifts have been made. It is, therefore, difficult to give any judgment of the present crew, as it has been rowing together for only two days. This order seems to be the best combination that can be chosen and should improve rapidly in the period left for preparation for the race at Ithaca...
...Also, if these men were to uphold the side of a discussion other than that of the instructor, a much greater opportunity would be offered students for forming individual opinion. There would then be an offset to the present natural tendency of the student to bow to the superior judgment of the lecturer and, without attempting any thinking of his own, to become a mere memory machine...
...friend, and even Spencer himself, are not in the play specially "convincing" persons: they are chiefly the means of proving to us that Bess is "a girl worth gold." Under these circumstances, Mr. Kenyon as the rather graceless Goodlack and Mr. Eliot as Spencer did their parts with judgment and success; Mr. Eliot's lines were particularly well-delivered, usually with genuineness and skill...
...sincere, he cannot fall to be an effective speaker. Clearness, which is a great aid to forceful speaking, aims at stating a truth so plainly that it cannot fail to be understood. If a man disputes a truth so stated, there is something wrong with him; his judgment is warped either by a false attitude of heart or else a pecuniary interest. In the first case, the thing to do is to ascertain the man's point of view. All men, said Jefferson, are divided into two natural parties; the democratic and the aristocratic. The former believes that society...
Freshmen having friends here or from schools that regularly send men to Harvard know the relative desirability of the various buildings and are able to exercise judgment in their choice of rooms. On the other hand, men coming to Harvard from, places so far away that conditions here are not known and understood are at a decided disadvantage. An agreeable room is not a matter of vital importance but it has a great deal to do with the enjoyment and satisfaction to be had from college life, particularly in the Freshman year...