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...science is human biology in its widest sense. New fields are constantly opening, as in bacteriology. Thorough scientific knowledge is demanded to-day. A preliminary academical training is very desirable. The two sayings of "Room on top," and "Go West" are of little value. There is room in the lower half of the profession. Over half of medical practitioners are successful. As in law, the man who has an air of confidence, a taste for research and knowledge, a practical mind and a kind heart, will gain success...
...blue book is fair or good than it will be to determine the exact per cent. which it deserves. For this reason then the Conference Committee recommended the change. Of course, if the design was to lighten the examination, the best way would be, as our correspondent says, to lower the passing mark...
...nearly horizontal line in the lower part of this diagram shows that the increase at Yale is from 500 to 563, or 12 1-2 per cent., while the dotted line of Harvard's progress indicates an increase from 419 to 1,068. or 155 per cent. In other words, the mere gain at Harvard amounts to a greater number of students than Yale has ever had in its Academical Department! If for ten years longer these ratios of increase should remain unchanged, in 1895 Harvard College would be teaching over 1,700 students, while only about one-third...
Furthermore, the college must have a larger income than at present from her investments, in order to lower the rates for tuition. It is well known that now at the end of every year Harvard either has almost no surplus, or is in debt. To lower the charges for tuition, from which the income is at least $150,000, would seriously affect our financial prosperity. Yet it seems as if, in addition to the aid given by scholarships and loans, the tuition in some cases might be made free to those who are in great need of money. Such...
...rent of rooms in college buildings is lower than outside rent. But until the college can lodge a larger portion of the students than at present, it will be impossible to force down the rents in Cambridge...