Word: knowing
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Dates: during 1910-1910
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Those who believe it appropriate seem in most cases to be of the "younger generation"--those who only know of the struggle from history. It is most natural and right that we should desire to wipe out the bitter fact that there ever was a division of our country, and also to express in some fitting way our esteem for those who fell in the Confederate service. It seems to me that Memorial Hall is a very inappropriate place to express this sincere sentiment...
Those who are familiar with the Yard--as all of the students and alumni are--know that it can be divided into two parts, an east and west part, the dividing line being Thayer, University and Weld Halls. The magnificent old elms stand on the west section, while the eastern part, being newer, has a greater variety of trees, namely: elm, ash, maple and oak, which are younger and in much better condition, than the former ones...
...entrance examinations is not to test the candidate's knowledge of facts, but to examine his intellectual power. The examiners try to ask, not "How much do you know"? but "Are you qualified to profit by instruction in Harvard College"? As a means of determining the extent of this qualification, a considerably smaller set of requirements would be more efficient; for at the average age of candidates for admission, the attempt to cover the present field is ordinarily attended by a parrot-like grasp of unrelated details, but by no real mastery or assimilation of the subjects. If the examiners...
Perhaps most interesting of all, however, were the elements necessary for any man who proposes entering the newspaper business: first, he must have that indescribable sense of what is real news; second, he must know how to get it; and third, he must know how to write it up in simple, concise form so that it will be of interest to the reading public. In concluding, Mr. Perkins emphasized the excellent training for other professions offered by newspaper work. It brings one in touch with all elements of human society and face to face with the real significance of life...
...Medical School, Longwood avenue, Boston, this evening at 8 and tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. Today's lecture will be given by Dr. M. J. Rosenau, who will speak on "The Story of Vaccination." Dr. M. V. Tyrode will lecture tomorrow on "What the Public should know about Paten Medicines...